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The Missing Thread
- A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It
- By: Daisy Dunn
- Narrated by: Daisy Dunn, Summer Green
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley 'A gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunn's elegant and lively retelling of history, the women of the ancient world are restored to the centre of the story of classical antiquity. It was a joy to read.' Peter Frankopan Spanning 3...
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Unsatisfying
- By Marina Strinkovsky on 10-07-24
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The Missing Thread
- A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It
- Narrated by: Daisy Dunn, Summer Green
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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How the World Made the West
- 'World history at its best' Simon Sebag Montefiore
- By: Josephine Quinn
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance64
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Bloomsbury presents How the World Made the West by Josephine Quinn, read by Alix Dunmore. A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Rest is Politics and Waterstones Highlight for 2024 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and...
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A superb challenge to civilisational assumptions
- By JCM on 01-04-24
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How the World Made the West
- 'World history at its best' Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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Helen of Troy
- By: Bettany Hughes
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance37
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Helen of Troy is one of the most evocative names in ancient history. For nearly three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that it can wield. Held responsible for both the Trojan War and enduring the enmity between East...
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Excellent
- By TrevorB on 04-11-24
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Helen of Troy
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-12-22
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Socrates
- By: Plato, Christopher Rowe, Christopher Rowe - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth, Laurence Dobiesz
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance20
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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Justin Avoth and Laurence Dobiesz. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe read by Justin Avoth. 'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just' Plato's...
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The narrator really brings the people to life
- By Kristina on 15-09-21
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The Last Days of Socrates
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth, Laurence Dobiesz
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 25-02-21
- Language: English
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Homer and His Iliad
- By: Robin Lane Fox
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Homer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. Unlike other books on the Iliad, this one combines the detailed expertise of a historian with the sensitivity of a teacher of it as poetry. Lane Fox goes on to consider hallmarks of the poem, its values, implicit and explicit, its characters, its women, its gods and even its horses. He argues repeatedly for its beautiful observation and addresses its parallel use of what is, to us, the natural world.
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A must-listen for anyone who loves the classics
- By Alex on 23-07-23
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Homer and His Iliad
- Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 13-07-23
- Language: English
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Ancient Greece, Second Edition
- From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
- By: Thomas R. Martin
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall144
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Performance127
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Story126
In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century BC. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, Martin integrates political, military, social, and cultural history in a book that will appeal to students and general audiences alike. Now in its second edition, this classic work now features updates throughout.
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Superb Survey
- By Nik Jewell on 26-04-18
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Ancient Greece, Second Edition
- From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 10-10-17
- Language: English
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The Road to Eleusis
- Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
- By: R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann
- Narrated by: David Bendena
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance26
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The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts - a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian - argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen. The authors then expand the discussion to show that natural psychedelic agents have been used in spiritual rituals across history and cultures.
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Fascinating research but let down by the dictation
- By Holly on 14-03-25
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The Road to Eleusis
- Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
- Narrated by: David Bendena
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-12-21
- Language: English
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Music
- A Subversive History
- By: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance39
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A four-thousand-year history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions. “A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched labor of cultural provocation.” ―Los Angeles Times Histories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who...
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informative
- By Ruta Kasinskaite on 16-04-20
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Music
- A Subversive History
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-10-19
- Language: English
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Greek Mythology Explained
- A Deeper Look at Classical Greek Lore and Myth
- By: Marios Christou, David Ramenah
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall108
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Performance100
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A fascinating take on classical Greek stories: Discover six classic Greek myths in this exciting retelling that paints both famous and lesser known characters in a whole new light. Follow the likes of Odysseus, Lamia, Bellerophon, Icarus, Medusa, and Artemis as their fates are revealed through bloody trials, gut-wrenching betrayals, sinister motives, and broken hearts.
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Obsessed
- By Gina on 16-11-22
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Greek Mythology Explained
- A Deeper Look at Classical Greek Lore and Myth
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 18-06-19
- Language: English
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Uncovering Greek Mythology: A Beginner's Guide into the World of Greek Gods and Goddesses
- By: Lucas Russo
- Narrated by: Jared Zak
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance8
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Get to know the Greek gods and goddesses, from the mighty Zeus, to the temperamental Poseidon, the beautiful Aphrodite, and every character from A to Z. Who wouldn’t want to hear about Zeus and his command of lightning, Hades and how he found his bride, the wisdom of Athena, and so many other stories that capture the imagination. These stories can do more than just entertain; they can also inspire and teach us lessons that were penned by the Greeks themselves.
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Dreadful
- By RR on 10-10-25
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Uncovering Greek Mythology: A Beginner's Guide into the World of Greek Gods and Goddesses
- Narrated by: Jared Zak
- Series: Mythology Collection Series, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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The Muse of History
- The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
- By: Oswyn Murray
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. How the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today The study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in...
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The Muse of History
- The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 13-06-24
- Language: English
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A History of Greece
- To the Death of Alexander the Great
- By: John Bagnell Bury
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 40 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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At the time of his death in 1927, John Bagnell Bury was easily the most honored English historian of his era. Bury, an esteemed Cambridge scholar, wrote what is considered the finest one-volume history of ancient Greece in the English language. His beautifully crafted survey of Greek civilization begins with the description of Bronze Age settlements which appeared on the Greek mainland and on the island of Crete. The story takes us on a strange and exciting series of adventures which result in the development of independent city-states constantly embroiled in division and war.
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Superb, if slightly dated, one-volume overview
- By Tadzio A on 11-07-24
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A History of Greece
- To the Death of Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 40 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 31-01-24
- Language: English
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Greece Against Rome
- The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
- By: Philip Matyszak
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance29
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Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms were near their peak. In terms of population, economy, and military power, each was vastly superior to Rome, not to mention in fields such as medicine, architecture, science, philosophy, and literature. But over the next two and a half centuries, Rome would eventually conquer these kingdoms while adopting so much of Hellenistic culture that the resultant hybrid is known as "Graeco-Roman." In Greece Against Rome, Philip Matyszak relates this epic tale from the Hellenistic perspective.
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Great introduction
- By JCM on 12-09-25
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Greece Against Rome
- The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 22-10-22
- Language: English
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The New Testament in Its World: Part 1
- An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
- By: N. T. Wright, Michael F. Bird
- Narrated by: Richard Littledale
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance6
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Your ticket from the twenty-first century to the era of Jesus and the first Christians. A listenable, two-volume introduction placing the entire New Testament and early Christianity in its original context, written by distinguished scholar and author N. T. Wright. An ideal guide for students...
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Not just for scholars
- By dm16302 on 25-12-25
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The New Testament in Its World: Part 1
- An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
- Narrated by: Richard Littledale
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 28-12-21
- Language: English
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Psyche and Eros
- By: Luna McNamara
- Narrated by: Joshua Riley, Rachel Petladwala
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance50
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Born into an era of heroes, a prophecy claims that Psyche - Princess of Mycenae - will defeat a monster feared even by the gods themselves. Rebelling against society's traditions, she spends her youth mastering blade and bow, preparing to fulfil her destiny. But she is soon caught up in powers beyond her control, when the jealous Aphrodite sends the God of Desire, Eros, to deliver a fatal love-curse.
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Quite romantic take on myths
- By Maria Ranga on 22-08-24
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Psyche and Eros
- Narrated by: Joshua Riley, Rachel Petladwala
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 25-05-23
- Language: English
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How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator
- By: Theodore Papakostas, Patricia Felisa Barbeito - translator
- Narrated by: John Moraitis, Tom Babbage
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP 'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGE An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology Two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an...
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Excellent introduction to Ancient Greece
- By Mr B. on 20-10-24
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How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator
- Narrated by: John Moraitis, Tom Babbage
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-08-24
- Language: English
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A Classical Education
- The Stuff You Wish You'd been Taught at School
- By: Caroline Taggart
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,295
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Performance1,030
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Is the Greek alphabet all Greek to you? Is geometry your Achilles heel and does your knowledge of Homer have more to do with The Simpsons than the Sirens? From engineering and architecture to drama and democracy, the world around us is founded on the principles and discoveries of the Ancient World, yet our understanding of it is episodic at best. But it's never too late to learn.
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Content is great but not as audio
- By Luke on 28-08-10
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A Classical Education
- The Stuff You Wish You'd been Taught at School
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-01-10
- Language: English
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A War Like No Other
- How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance54
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Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and non-conventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
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Great overview
- By Anonymous on 28-07-20
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A War Like No Other
- How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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Alexandria
- The City That Changed the World
- By: Islam Issa
- Narrated by: Islam Issa
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance18
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Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is an authoritative history of a city that has shaped our modern world. Soon after being founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria became the crucible of cultural exchange between East and West for millennia and the undisputed global capital of knowledge. It was at the forefront of human progress, but it also witnessed brutal natural disasters, plagues, crusades and violence.
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What a read/ride
- By Jon Biddle on 25-02-25
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Alexandria
- The City That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Islam Issa
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-11-23
- Language: English
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The Greeks
- A Global History
- By: Roderick Beaton
- Narrated by: Anna Crowe
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance6
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A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of...
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beautiful history.
- By S on 19-04-26
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The Greeks
- A Global History
- Narrated by: Anna Crowe
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-11-21
- Language: English
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