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Engineering an Empire

Les Bâtisseurs d'empires

Chaîne:History

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Description

Cette mini série analyse plusieurs réalisations architecturales ainsi que des infrastructures qui ont permis à différentes civilisations de construire de véritables Empires à travers l’histoire : Comment se créent les empires ? Comment chutent-ils ? Quelles sont les causes de leur expansion et de leur décadence ? La série revient sur tous les grands empires ; sans parti pris et avec des reconstitutions fidèles et surtout pleins d’historiens et de spécialistes divers.

Détails

Statut
Terminée
Langue
English
Durée
60 min
Première diffusion
September 13, 2005
Terminée
January 8, 2007
Programmation
Monday à 21:00

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Épisodes (1 Saison · 14 Épisodes)

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Sep 13, 2005

60 min

Egypte : Les pharaons bâtisseurs - L'âge d'or des pharaons

Looks at the amazing engineering feats that the Egyptians built in from around 3000 BC to around 1212 BC, including Menes' dam, pyramids, obelisks, and the temple at Abu Simbel.

Oct 9, 2006

120 min

La Grèce : D'Agamemnon à Péricles

The Ancient Greeks laid a foundation that has supported nearly 3,000 years of European history. We look how they built structures including Agamemnon's Tomb and the Parthenon.

Oct 16, 2006

60 min

La Grèce d'Alexandre

The story about Greece and its accomplishments during the age of Alexander and the conquest of Persia.

Oct 23, 2006

60 min

La grandeur des Aztèques

In less than 200 years, the Aztecs transformed from a tribe of nomads into the greatest civilization the New World had ever known. Discover did they achieved such greatness.

Oct 30, 2006

60 min

Grandeur et décadence de Carthage

Carthage, a remarkable city-state that dominated the Mediterranean for over 600 years, harnessed its extensive resources to develop some of the ancient world's groundbreaking technology.

Nov 6, 2006

60 min

Le mystère des cités Mayas

For centuries this mysterious civilization ruled a huge territory across South America. But by 900 AD it had fallen apart catastrophically.

Nov 13, 2006

60 min

La Russie

Architecture and infrastructure enable the rise and fall of the Russian Empire.

Nov 20, 2006

60 min

La Grande-Bretagne

The rise and fall of the British Empire.

Nov 27, 2006

60 min

La Perse : Perle de l'orient

The rise and fall of the Persian Empire, 580 BC to 320 BC.

Dec 4, 2006

60 min

La Chine ou la folie des grandeurs

The Story of the Qin and Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China. With an emphasis on engineering projects from the building of the Great Levee on the Min, and the building of the Great Wall, and the building of the emperor's tomb with its terracotta warriors. Through those of the Han and the Sui including their building of the 1200 mile Grand Canal linking the Yangtze and the Yellow Rivers. To The Ming Dynasty and the Great Fleet.

Dec 11, 2006

60 min

L'empire de France

The story of France under Napoleon and there accomplishments.

Dec 18, 2006

60 min

Byzance : Empire Romain d'orient

The Byzantines ruled over much of Europe and Asia during the Dark Ages; building stadiums, aqueducts and cathedrals. However, their success became their downfall.

Dec 25, 2006

60 min

Léonard de Vinci : La renaissance du génie

The masters best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance were also the greatest military and civil engineers of their time. 

Jan 8, 2007

60 min

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