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  • Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon, Hammurabi and the Persian Empire

  • By: Captivating History
  • Narrated by: Richard Savage, Desmond Manny, Duke Holm, David Patton
  • Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (97 ratings)

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Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon, Hammurabi and the Persian Empire

By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Richard Savage, Desmond Manny, Duke Holm, David Patton
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If you want to discover the remarkable history of Mesopotamia, then pay attention...

Seven captivating manuscripts in one audiobook:

  • Sumerians: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Sumerian History, Sumerian Mythology and the Mesopotamian Empire of the Sumer Civilization
  • Gilgamesh: A Captivating Guide to Gilgamesh the King and the Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Ur: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Important Sumerian City-States in Ancient Mesopotamia
  • Assyrian History: A Captivating Guide to the Assyrians and Their Powerful Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia
  • Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia
  • Hammurabi: A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of Hammurabi
  • The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties

Taken together, the civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, and Persia have helped form the modern makeup of Mesopotamia, western Asia, and the world. However, to really understand why things are the way they are, it’s important to break up this historical timeline and spend some time learning about each society. Only by doing this will you be able to fully appreciate the powerful impact these ancient peoples had on our modern world.

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History and Civilizations, Persian Empire.

I am always happy to see a new history books from Captivating History and I never disappointed. I especially like that it triggers my curiosity for more!

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Great time line.

Good starting point described by the author. I enjoyed it. I want to know more about Persian Empire and its significance in history.

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Very understandable introduction

Great read, reading any of this book series are well worth your time. There is along list.

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Interesting and very readable

I was not familiar with the Akkadian Empire before this. This, written in normal story style, is an interesting and very readable introduction.

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Introduction to Sumerians.

I think that this book is an excellent introduction to Sumerians. I dont think so anyone would have need extra sources to know more about it.

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Uneven

While there are lots of bits of interesting info in this sweeping volume, it sometimes feels like a term paper: often worded awkwardly and in some cases disagreeing with or misinterpreting the established scholarship. Also, the narrators (some more than others) regularly mispronounce names of kings - but also basic words (caveat is not read as kaVEET: 0, 1, 2, 3 / 4, 5 is not read as "three-quarters"

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"however"

This might seem petty, but the overuse of "however" became a distraction. the book also seems to be repetitive.

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great if you're a history nerd

lots of great info, fairly dry but I think that's to be expected. I'm already really into sumerian and Babylonian history and myth so I enjoyed it and it was nice to learn about the cultures that came after the Babylonians

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Excellent history lesson

I had a particular interest, as having previously actually been on site of the city. Seeing what remains would have been greatly enhanced had I the opportunity of reading this beforehand.

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Thorough

Totally worth the time! I learned a lot that is worth exploring in greater detail.

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