Product Details

• Actors: Paul Cartledge, Vernon Dobtcheff, Victor Davis Hanson, Keith Hopwood, Liam Neeson
• Producers: Carol Sennett
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Run Time: 990 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ANVQ6Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,882 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection, January 4, 2007

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Clinton Weddle (Geilenkirchen NATO Base, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empires Collection - The Dynasties (Egypt's Golden Empire / The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance / Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire / The Roman Empire in the First Century / The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization) (DVD)

I was very impressed with this series. I learned very much, escpecailly about the Medici's. If you enjoy history/documentaries you'll love this collection. I was so impressed I've ordered other Empire series. Props to PBS on this one!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A really good review of the 5 civilizations covered, March 9, 2007

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Michael Okey "Mike" (Tulsa, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empires Collection - The Dynasties (Egypt's Golden Empire / The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance / Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire / The Roman Empire in the First Century / The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization) (DVD)

I've been reviewing areas of history that I don't usually cover to balance out my general knowledge. No video can compress into a couple of hours the libraries that have been written on these subjects, but I watched them with a pad nearby and started searching names and topics for further study. Then I added books on those areas to my wish list here on Amazon.

All in all, each disc is a great review if you're rusty or a place to start if you're moving into new areas of history.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dream Collection, November 2, 2007

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S. L. Koziol "A Student Historian" (Chicago, IL U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empires Collection - The Dynasties (Egypt's Golden Empire / The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance / Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire / The Roman Empire in the First Century / The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization) (DVD)

For those of you who love Ancient History and would like to know more about it this is the collection you must have.
When i first watched those programs i was astonished. The detail explanations of events and people really can make a person wonder.

In general this collection will proof a worthy buy, i recommend this for teachers, students and anyone interested in world history, you really CAN learn much by watching this, and as for me it will be of great help for my academic purposes.

If you get it you will NOT regret it!!