This program traces 1,500 years of history to shed light on the incredible engineering accomplishments of the ancient Greeks - and the leaders who enabled them to happen.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2011. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

Ancient Greece: Birthplace of Western Civilization (1:22) -- Themistocles - c.525-460 BC (2:49) -- Themistocles' Trireme (1:57) -- Battle of Salamis (2:56) -- Themistocles Ostracized (1:30) -- Agamemnon - c.1200 BC (2:05) -- Mycenae's Lion Gate: Corbelled Arch (3:20) -- Corbelled Dome: Mycenaean Tholos (2:58) -- Greece's Dark Age (1:03) -- Polycrates c.570 -522 BC (5:59) -- Pericles - c. 495 - 429 BC (3:05) -- Gathering Raw Materials for the Parthenon (3:00) -- Engineering the Parthenon (3:22) -- Parthenon: Walls Enclosing Interior Spaces (0:31) -- There are No Straight Lines in the Parthenon (1:16) -- Athenian Eyesore? (3:07) -- Peloponnesian War (2:33) -- Credits: Greece (0:47) -- Battle of Salamis (with Background) (6:16).