Examines the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War standoff in which the United States and the Soviet Union--and the world--narrowly escaped nuclear war.
Examines the Tet Offensive, a major assault by the North Vietnamese Army and Vietcong against United States and South Vietnamese positions in cities throughout South Vietnam.
Describes the technology of the ancient Americans, covering their advances in such areas as building, agriculture, irrigation, writing, medicine, astronomy, metals, pottery, and weaponry.
Describes the technology of ancient China, covering their advances in such areas as building, agriculture, irrigation, writing, medicine, astronomy, metals, pottery, and weaponry.
Describes the technology of ancient Rome, covering their advances in such areas as building, agriculture, aqueducts, glassmaking, textiles, astronomy, metals, pottery, and weaponry.
Describes the technology of ancient Mesopotamia, covering their advances in such areas as building, agriculture, irrigation, writing, medicine, astronomy, metals, weaving, and weaponry.
Describes the technology of ancient Greece, covering their advances in such areas as building, agriculture, theater, science, medicine, astronomy, metals, pottery, and weaponry.
Examines the military campaigns of World War II in the Pacific, from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the fall of the Philippines to the United States attacks on Iwo Jima and Okinawa and the Ja
"Covers two centuries when amateur scientists-- natural philosophers-- began to use close observation and experiment to understand processes that had previously been explained by religion or superstit
In only a few decades, new materials, new machines, new sources of power, and new methods of transportation changed the face of the world. Mines, furnaces, and mills formed the basis of towns where th
Highlights scientific and technological innovations between 1800 and 1900, including photography, evolution, genetics, the periodic table, and the internal combustion engine.
Highlights scientific and technological innovations between 1900 and 1946, including radio, automobiles, television, antibiotics, radar, and nuclear fission.
Highlights scientific and technological innovations from 1946 to the present, including computers, DNA, manned space flight, cloning, and the Internet.
Chronicles the major events, people, and locations in Europe during the Middle Ages, including the Byzantine Empire, the reign of Charlemagne, the Norman conquest of Britain, and the Black Death.
Chronicles the important events, people, and places in Europe during the Renaissance, including the invention of the printing press, the age of discovery, and advances in art, science, and religion.
Chronicles the important events, people, and locations during the Colonial era, including the age of exploration, the settling of North America, the American Revolution, and the colonization of Austra
Discusses notable events, people, and locations in classical civilization, including ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the reign of Alexander the Great, and the spread of Christianity.
Presents the timeline of the Vietnam War, including the causes of the conflict, the United States' entry into the war, the life of soldiers on both sides, the home front, and the end of the long war.
Chronicles the notable events, people, and locations during the Industrial Revolution, including advances in transportation, technology, medicine, and agriculture.
