Empire Builders Japan Backgrounder
The main hall of this most magnificent of Japan’s earliest Buddhist temples houses an enormous Buddha, and was the world’s largest wooden building for nearly 1000 years after its construction.
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Empire Builders Egypt Backgrounder
A magnificent tomb, nearly 5000 years old, it was the world’s first ever large building constructed from stone, designed as a stairway to heaven for the Pharaoh’s soul.
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New Series: Empire Builders Available Now!
Bringing to life ten great empires, each episode visiting the ten most significant sites that defined their achievements and legacy; “Empire Builders” visits 100 historic sites, discovering how they were built, for what purpose, and what they reveal about the empire’s rise and fall.
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Thomas Cole: The Course of the Empire
British-American artist, Thomas Cole, was largely inspired by great British artists, Turner and Constable. And like many artists in the
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Important Historical Sites of the British Empire
At its most powerful, the British Empire was the largest empire that the world had ever seen. Its influence stretched all over the globe; shaping it in all manner of ways that still has reverberating effects in modern times.
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