Take a video tour of the historic Roman ruins, grand reminders of a majestic empire.

America adopted democracy. But it was the ancient Athens that gave birth to it, creating a system in which all free males participated in government.

The ecology of our oceans is dependent on microscopic life forms--called plankton--drifting in the currents just off our coasts. This program observes how plankton grow and develop.

France, England, and Spain all sought to dominate Florida. This program traces Florida's political and military conflicts and shows the impact of conquest on the area's native inhabitants.

The editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have assembled a collection of over 35 articles compresides 5+ hours of audio content that tells the sotry of America's founders

Re-live the world of Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution, from the Grandeur and opulences, of the French Regime to its chaotic downfall and the new order tha rose form its ashes.

This program illustrates the intellectual and artistic climate of Florence during the 14th and 15th centuries by closely observing the daily life of a contemporary Florentine.

The most skillful seamen and shipbuilders of their time, the fearless Vikings voyaged across unknown water to vanquish new lands.

Meet the key decision-makers who influenced the war, relive important battles that changed history, as well as discover the poeple and places that were affected through-out the war and in the...