30 must-read history books like The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East by Nicholas Morton

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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  …

If you liked the history plot in The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East by Nicholas Morton , here is a list of 30 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
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2. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Marc Morris

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more

Similar categories in Marc Morris's A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • medieval history

3. The First Crusade: The Call from the East

By: Peter Frankopan

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

According to tradition, the First Crusade began at the instigation of Pope Urban II and culminated … read more

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4. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World

By: Marie Favereau

3.84

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them―not just conquerors but also city builder… read more

Similar categories in Marie Favereau's The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • history
  • world history
  • asia
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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5. Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade

By: Anthony Kaldellis

4.23

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: f… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Kaldellis's Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • history
  • world history
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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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
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

By: Peter Sarris

4.29

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian     Justinian is a radical reassessme… read more

Similar categories in Peter Sarris's Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • medieval history
  • audiobook
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8. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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10. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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11. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
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13. The World: A Family History of Humanity

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

4.00

Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover

From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
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14. The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just ou… read more

Similar categories in Robert D. Kaplan's The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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15. 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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  • history
  • world history
  • asia
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • 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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16. 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 Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
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17. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

By: Camilla Townsend

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"

-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

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18. The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

By: Michael Wood

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its si… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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20. Budapest: Between East and West

By: Victor Sebestyen

4.29

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

Wallis Simpson, Theodore Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Evelyn Waugh, the great tenor Luciano Pavarot… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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21. 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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  • history
  • world history
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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22. Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

By: Anthony Sattin

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history.… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
  • audiobook
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24. Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan

By: Michael Booth

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China,… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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25. 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

Similar categories in Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East book and Nicholas Morton's The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

  • history
  • 14th century
  • world history
  • asia
  • military history
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • asian literature
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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26. The Emperor Charlemagne

By: E.R. Chamberlin

4.02

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

An authoritative biography of the greatest ruler of the medieval period. The Emperor Charlemagne is… read more

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  • history
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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27. The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

By: Christopher I. Beckwith

3.41

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world I… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium

By: Anthony Kaldellis

4.61

Format: 1160 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the s… read more

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  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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29. Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World (Turning Points in Ancient History)

By: Colin Elliott

3.76

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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30. Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades

By: Roger Crowley

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the… read more

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  • history
  • medieval history
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook

24 best-selling audiobook books like The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East by Nicholas Morton

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3.84

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Anthony Kaldellis

4.23

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4.16

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.22

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Anthony Kaldellis

4.23

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Peter Sarris

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