15 best-selling ancient history books like Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire by Eckart Frahm

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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

By: Eckart Frahm

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires    At its …

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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

By: Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

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2. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

By: Tom Holland

4.16

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra

By: Toby Wilkinson

4.20

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconog… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • nonfiction

4. Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire

By: James Romm

3.33

Format: None pages,

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5. Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization

By: Richard Miles

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death … read more

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6. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia  The Achaemen… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

3.95

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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8. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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11. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization

By: Kenneth W. Harl

4.00

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped … read more

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  • ancient history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Attila, just like every other nomadic conqueror, appreciated the skills of the clever craftsmen and engineers of rival sedentary, bureaucratic empires."

-Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization

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12. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World

By: Philip Matyszak

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more

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  • history
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  • ancient
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became…"

-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World

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13. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

By: Eckart Frahm

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires    At its … read more

Similar categories in Eckart Frahm's Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire book and Eckart Frahm's Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

  • audiobook
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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14. Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

By: Honor Cargill-Martin

4.06

Format: 432 pages, ebook

The shocking and scandalous story of Messalina—the third wife of Emperor Claudius—one of the most c… read more

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  • historical
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

By: Peter Frankopan

3.94

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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16. Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.38

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of t… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"...if the Greeks joined together in the Panhellenic cause and attacked Persia to take land and wealth. Once conquered, Asian barbarians would work the field and tend the cattle as slaves or helot-lik…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

"The Macedonians and Greek has been raised to despise Persians and all Asians as barbarians, fit only to be slaves, and the defeat of Darius and his great armies can only have reinforced their immense…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

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17. Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome

By: Anthony Everitt

3.92

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A striking, nuanced biography of Nero--the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars--an… read more

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  • history
  • historical
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  • audiobook
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18. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

By: Amanda H. Podany

4.50

Format: 662 pages, Hardcover

A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, pri… read more

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  • history
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  • ancient history
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  • anthropology
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19. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

By: Martyn Rady

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more

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  • audiobook
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20. The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

By: Nicholas Morton

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages  … read more

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15 Top audiobook books like Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire by Eckart Frahm

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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

4.16

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Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

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The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

Marc Morris

4.34

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12 must-read audiobook books like Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany

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Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

Barbara Mertz

3.79

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Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

4.11

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Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live

Rob Dunn

4.19

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