TY - ADVS AU - Weller,Peter AU - Carroll,Michael AU - Cassel,Chris ED - Arts and Entertainment Network. ED - History Channel (Television network) ED - Kralyevich Productions. ED - New Video Group. TI - Engineering an empire: the complete series SN - 0767099850 (set) AV - D21.3 .E54 2006 PY - 2007/// CY - [New York, N.Y.] PB - History Channel, Distributed by New Video KW - Architecture KW - History KW - Engineering KW - Documentary television programs N1 - Collective title from disc labels; Originally produced as 12 episodes of the television program Engineering an empire in 2006 & 2007 (discs 1-4), and 2 television documentary specials in 2005 ("Rome", disc 5) & 2006 ("Egypt", disc 6); Special feature (disc 4): season 1 behind-the-scenes featurette (19 min.); Special features (disc 5): behind-the-scenes featurette on "Rome" (writer/producer, Michael Scalere ; producer, Tim Nolan ; 21 min.); Special features (disc 6, min.): 3 "Egypt"-related featurettes ("An inside look at 'Egypt'" with Peter Weller, 11 min.; "From the director's chair" with Christopher Cassell, 13 min.; "Everything you wanted to know about 'Egypt'" with Salima Ikram, 11 min.); disc 1 (132 min.). Greece ; Greece : age of Alexander / produced, written & directed by Ted Poole (44 min. each) ; The Aztecs / produced, written & directed by Jim Gaffey (44 min.) -- disc 2 (132 min.). Carthage / produced, written & directed by Jessica Conway (44 min.) ; China / produced, written & directed by Joanna Chejade-Bloom, Doug Ross (44 min.) ; Russia / produced, written & directed by Sarah Hutt (44 min.) -- disc 3 (133 min.). Britain : blood and steel / produced, written & directed by Kristin Gray (44 min.) ; The Persians / produced, written & directed by Hassan Ildari (45 min.) ; The Maya : death empire / produced, written & directed by Dana K. Ross (44 min.) -- disc 4 (133 min.). Napoleon : steel monster / produced, written & directed by Penny Fearon (45 min.) ; The Byzantines / produced, written & directed by Rebecca J. Ratliff (44 min.) ; Da Vinci's world / produced, written & directed by Anna K. Ross, Gabrielle Mahler (44 min.) -- discs 5 & 6. Rome : engineering an empire ; Egypt : engineering an empire / produced, written & directed by Christopher Cassel ; KPI (91 min. each); Series director, Mark Cannon ; series producer, Randy Martin; Host, Peter Weller ; narration, Michael Carroll N2 - "Circles the globe to re-examine history's most magnificent civilizations by surveying the architectural and engineering triumphs they left behind" -- Container ER -