Cities of the Ancient World
By: Steven L. Tuck
3.98
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 11 hours and 47 minutes This course tackles a number of large questions about ci…
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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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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
2. Lost Worlds of South America
By: Edwin Barnhart
4.15
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
11 hours 54 mins Buried by the centuries on soaring mountain slopes and beneath arid deserts and… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
3. Language A to Z
By: None , John McWhorter
4.28
Format: 7 pages, Audio CD
With more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world, it’s no wonder that linguistics, the study … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
4. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
5. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- ancient history
- ancient
- history
- nonfiction
6. Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
By: Elizabeth Wayland Barber
2.83
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient soci… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. The Ottoman Empire
By: Kenneth W. Harl
3.86
Format: 302 pages, Audible Audio
By understanding the dramatic story of the Ottoman Empire - from its early years as a collection of… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
8. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.99
Format: 272 pages,
Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)
By: Bob Brier
0.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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10. Famous Greeks
By: J. Rufus Fears
3.82
Format: None pages, Audio CD
High quality, university level teaching. Course Lecture Titles - (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) … read more
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11. Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Great Courses, #3588)
By: Bob Brier
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Audio CD
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12. Classical Mythology: The Greeks
By: Peter Meineck
4.41
Format: None pages, Audio CD
In this series of 14 lectures Professor Peter Meineck examines in detail the far-reaching influence… read more
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13. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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14. Myth in Human History
By: Grant L. Voth
3.53
Format: None pages,
Myths provide the keys to truly grasping the ways that principles, rituals, codes, and taboos are w… read more
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15. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.54
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Blac… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
Similar categories in Kenneth W. Harl's The Era Of The Crusades book and Steven L. Tuck's Cities of the Ancient World
17. Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet
By: John McWhorter
3.99
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
The ubiquity of the written word in our everyday lives can make it easy to forget how recent the de… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. The Peloponnesian War
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.14
Format: 18 pages, Audio CD
Course Lecture Titles 1. Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War 2. The Greek Way of War 3. Spart… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. The Other Side of History : Daily Life in the Ancient World
By: Robert Garland
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Audio CD
Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so … read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Every human catastrophe, however, is archaeology's gain."-Robert Garland, The Other Side of History : Daily Life in the Ancient World
20. Early Humans: Ice, Stone, and Survival
By: Suzanne Pilaar Birch
3.89
Format: None pages, Audiobook
None read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
21. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
By: Garrett Ryan
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. European History and European Lives
By: Jonathan Steinberg
3.93
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Set of 18 cd lectures by distinguished professor: Jonathan Steinberg from the University of Pennsyl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
23. Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age
By: Jeremy McInerney
3.87
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
12 hours 13 mins This series of 24 lectures examines a crucial period in the history of the anci… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
24. The Age of Pericles
By: Jeremy McInerney
4.14
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The career of Pericles, the leading Athenian politician and general from c. 450 to 429 B.C., is a p… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites
By: Eric H. Cline
4.18
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 12 hours and 41 minutes The work of archaeologists has commanded worldwide att… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
By: David Christian
4.09
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
27. Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal
By: Kyler Shumway
3.77
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
We’ve all been told, at one point or another, to "just be yourself." Whether you are starting schoo… read more
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28. Cities of the Ancient World
By: Steven L. Tuck
3.98
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 11 hours and 47 minutes This course tackles a number of large questions about ci… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia
By: Alexis Q. Castor
3.69
Format: 374 pages, Audible Audio
18 hours All cultures lie in the shadow of ancient Mesopotamia-the land between the Tigris and E… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories and Tragedies
By: Peter Saccio
4.18
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
Professor Peter Saccio—an award-winning Ivy League Professor of Shakespeare studies—is your guide f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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31. An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination
By: Walter Brueggemann
4.09
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
In this book Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to th… read more
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- nonfiction
"In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become both more human and more humane. We are constantly craf…"-Walter Brueggemann, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination
