Building Earth
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This documentary highlights humanity’s desire to build monuments to the divine, for political power, and to display wealth. Viewers learn about Stonehenge; Great Pyramid; the Roman Aqueduct that pioneered concrete as a construction material; the medieval city of Venice featuring innovative engineering concepts; the Empire State Building and Hoover Dam that rekindled the American Dream during the Great Depression; Las Vegas, the desert city symbolizing money and excess; and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest skyscraper to date.
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21 min 46 sec
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