Engineering an Empire

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Engineering an Empire is a program on The History Channel that explores the engineering feats that made some of the greatest societies on earth possible. It is hosted by Peter Weller of RoboCop. The executive producer is Delores Gavin. The show started as a documentary about the engineering feats of Ancient Rome, and later turned into a show series that was shown on the History Channel. It lasted three months and airing new episodes each week. It shows the architectural feats about certain important civilizations, periods and golden ages throughout history.

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Episode Number Episode Name Civilization Original Air Date
1 Egypt Egypt October 9, 2006
2 Greece Greece October 16, 2006
3 Greece: Age of Alexander Greece October 23, 2006
4 The Aztecs Aztec October 30, 2006
5 Carthage Carthage November 6, 2006
6 The Maya: Death Empire The Maya November 13, 2006
7 Russia Russia November 20, 2006
8 Britain: Blood and Steel Britain November 27, 2006
9 The Persians The Persians December 4, 2006
10 China China December 11, 2006
11 Napoleon: Steel Monster France December 18, 2006
12 The Byzantines Byzantine December 25, 2006
13 Da Vinci's World Italy January 8, 2007

Other special editions

Episode Number Episode Name Civilization Original Air Date
1 Rome Rome

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