Category: Military & Conflict
Episode 2 Mexico
In September 2004on the last remaining site on the Mall in Washington D.C., the Smithsonian Institution opened the National Museum of the American Indian,...
Blood of the Sun God
In 1532Pizarro defeated the great Incan emperor Atahualpa. This is the story of a poor, uneducated swine herdsman whose goal was gold and glory....
Episode 12 The Highlanders
Each half hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall....
Genghis Khan Rise of the Conqueror
Follow the rise to glory of Genghis Kahnthe 13th century Mongol leader whose empire covered four times the area conquered by Alexander the Great....
Episode 15 The Aztecs
Each half hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall....
The Fall Of Constantinople Russian English Subtitles
With the conquest of Constatinople in 1204 during the 4th crusade the fall of the Byzantine Empire began. After 1430 the empire included only...
Episode 19 The Ninja Warriors of the Night
Each half hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall....
The Great Inca Rebellion
History reports that the mighty Inca were swiftly wiped out by a small band of Conquistadors. But new evidence is being unearthed that may...
Episode 4 Soul of the Samurai
How did an Indian Buddhist shrine influence a Japanese pagoda? How are Italian pigs and cowry shells related to porcelain? These intriguing questions are...
What Sank the Mary Rose?
The Mary Rosebuilt five centuries ago and named after the favourite sister of Henry VIII, was a forerunner of today's battleships. A team of...