This program is a chronicle of the Persian Empire, a major force that heavily influenced competing cultures and achieved scholastic and engineering breakthroughs that were the envy of the ancient world.

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 14, 2010. Learn360 is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

Persian Water Systems (4:03) -- Cyrus the Great (580-530 BC) (4:19) -- Expansion of Persian Empire (3:36) -- Darius the Great (550-486 BC) (5:55) -- Darius' Royal Road (2:54) -- Darius: Canal Projects (1:57) -- Persian Wars (4:38) -- Xerxes (519-465 BC) (4:23) -- Greek Strategy Against the Persians (2:12) -- Battle of Salamis (2:02) -- Artaxerxes (2:54) -- King Who Lost an Empire (3:20) -- Credits: The Persians (0:38).