Videos on Ancient Persia

In preparation for taking 'Middle Persian/ Pahlavi language' next semester with Professor Choksy, I've been trying to brush up on the history of Pre-Islamic Persia.  So far, I've watched two documentaries that review the empires of the Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, and Sassanids with Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes, and Ardashir playing the leading roles.  While these documentaries are not very thorough, they do provide some great footage of Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Ctesiphon-- especially the incredible architectural and engineering achievements of the ancient Persians.

Here's a documentary available on YouTube in 5 parts titled Engineering an Empire -The Persians :

The second documentary, titled Iran: The Forgotten Glory, is available on NetFlix for instant viewing.