The Greek & Persian Wars
By: John R. Hale
3.54
Format: None pages,
Contents: Part 1. Lecture 1. The first encounter -- Lecture 2. Empire builders : the Persians -- Le…
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1. Herodotus: The Father of History
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.25
Format: 12 pages, Audio Cassette
Herodotus: The Father of History(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)Course No. 2353Taught by Elizabeth… read more
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- history
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2. 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
"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
3. The Vikings
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.09
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
Parts one,two, and three. Each part contains six audio cassettes and course guidebook in a clamshel… read more
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4. Classical Mythology
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.12
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
These 24 lectures are a vibrant introduction to the primary characters and most important stories o… read more
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- audiobook
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6. The Iliad of Homer (The Great Courses, #301)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.61
Format: 192 pages, Audio CD
When John Keats first read Chapman's translation of the epics of "deep-brow'd Homer," he was so ove… read more
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7. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933
By: Anne Applebaum
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more
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- nonfiction
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8. The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.04
Format: None pages,
Keats compared discovering Homer to "finding a new planet." What is it in Homer's great works--and … read more
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9. The Greek & Persian Wars
By: John R. Hale
3.54
Format: None pages,
Contents: Part 1. Lecture 1. The first encounter -- Lecture 2. Empire builders : the Persians -- Le… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
10. Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire
By: Kenneth W. Harl
3.82
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Alexander the Great - one of the most renowned figures in antiquity - has inspired everything from … read more
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11. Redefining Reality:The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science
By: Steven Gimbel
3.66
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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12. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)
By: Bob Brier
0.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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14. The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
By: Martin Bunton
3.85
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles… read more
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15. 1066: The Year That Changed Everything
By: Jennifer Paxton
3.57
Format: 432 pages, Audio CD
If you were to look back at hundreds of years of history in search of the one critical moment after… read more
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17. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
By: H.W. Brands
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more
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- nonfiction
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18. Ancient Empires before Alexander
By: Robert L. Dise Jr.
3.90
Format: 19 pages, Audible Audio
18 hours 18 mins Complete your knowledge of the ancient world with this comprehensive look at th… read more
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19. 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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20. Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization
By: Amanda H. Podany
4.19
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
When we imagine what life might have been like thousands of years in the past, the images we often … read more
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21. A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
By: China Miéville
3.95
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
China Miéville's riveting engagement with the Communist Manifesto offers a lyrical introduction and… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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"Like the authors of the Manifesto, I don’t believe that the generalised mass misery of the world, all the unbearable checklists of deprivation and depravity, is irrelevant, nor unrelated to the econo…"-China Miéville, A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
22. Rise and Fall of the Borgias
By: William Landon
3.81
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins Since its rise to the highest ranks of power in Renaissance Europe, the… read more
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23. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
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24. Charlemagne Father of Europe
By: Philip Daileader
3.76
Format: None pages, Audiobook
In Charlemagne: Father of Europe, you will look back on Charlemagne’s rule and the way his dynasty … read more
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25. The Persian Empire
By: John W.I. Lee
4.11
Format: None pages, Audio CD
None read more
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26. 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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27. 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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28. Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.05
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 12 hours and 33 minutes Why did pagan Rome, which had a history of tolerating … read more
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29. Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too
By: Exurb1a
4.29
Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition
exurb1a presents his all-new collection of self-indulgent poetry. An unlikely bestseller, so unlike… read more
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"I don't mind living a brief life as a stupid animal when I get to see your face in the morning."-Exurb1a, Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too
30. The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age
By: Eamonn Gearon
4.08
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
11 hours 58 mins The study of Western Civilization traditionally follows a well-known but incomp… read more
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31. The Development of European Civilization
By: Kenneth R. Bartlett
4.24
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Great Courses series; 48 lectures {pasted from the Great Courses site} Understanding how Europ… read more
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