Four segments examining Asian history and culture. A look at the history of the Great Wall and the Dynasty of Qin Shi Huangdi, Silk Road trade during the Han Dynasty, Samurai culture and Japanese rituals, science and technology of Samurai sword making, and the lives of modern-day Japanese Americans.

As seen on the television program: Assignment Discovery. DVD features: curriculum units, standards link.

Behind the Great Wall -- Story of the Silk Road -- Secrets of the Samurai -- Between two cultures: Japanese in America.