Name: Man's Great Achievements | Stonehenge
Uploaded: 2024-03-07
Duration: 23 min 34 s
Description: Since the beginning, man has been interested in the science and art of design and construction. In this episode, we'll explore two of the many incredible structures we have created: Stonehenge in southern England and the Pyramids of Giza.

Explore breakthroughs and milestones in the fields of medicine, natural sciences, engineering, technology, architecture and communications.

Since the beginning, man has been interested in the science and art of design and construction. In this episode, we'll explore two of the many incredible structures we have created: Stonehenge in southern England and the Pyramids of Giza.

Stonehenge

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The Colosseum

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Renaissance

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Literature

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Trains

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Automobiles

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Aviation

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Medicine

This episode investigates the history of communication.

Communication

The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War adversaries: the Soviet Union and the United States. This battle for spaceflight capability began with the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race that followed World War II.