Ancient World Empires

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    • The Rise and Fall of An Empire
    • By: Simon Baker
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 260 ratings
    • This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points....

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    • The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
    • By: Anthony Everitt
    • Narrated by: Clive Chafer
    • Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 488 ratings
    • Everitt fashions the story of Rome's rise to glory into an erudite book filled with lasting lessons for our time....

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    • The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
    • By: Raoul McLaughlin
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 143 ratings
    • The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran)....

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    • The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World
    • By: Tom Holland
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 04-06-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 168 ratings
    • In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished....

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    • The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World
    • By: Duane W. Roller
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 02-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over 200 years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important Hellenistic dynasties....

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    • The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
    • By: Tom Holland
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,392 ratings
    • The story of how their citizens took on the Great King of Persia, and thereby saved not only themselves, but Western civilization as well, is as heart-stopping and fateful as any episode in history....

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    • The Shocking History of Ancient Rome's Most Wicked Rulers from Caligula to Nero and More
    • By: Phillip Barlag
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 06-15-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • Evil Roman Emperors puts the worst of Rome's rulers in one place and offers a review of their lives and a historical context for what made them into what they became....

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    • Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
    • By: Kyle Harper
    • Narrated by: Andrew Garman
    • Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 396 ratings
    • A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire....

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    • Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
    • By: William Rosen
    • Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
    • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 05-22-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 438 ratings
    • The emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals. Then, in the summer of 542, he encountered a flea....

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    • A Book about the Mysteries of History; Empires, the Dawn of Civilization, Epic Conflict and Tragic Collapses of Societies, Cultures, and Kingdoms. (Epic History)
    • By: Bo Carson
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 04-24-24
    • Language: English
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    • The Echo of Ancient Civilizations, a Book by Bo Carson, is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to walk in the path of the ancient world. With...

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    • How a Lost Empire Shaped the World
    • By: Colin Wells
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-06
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 157 ratings
    • A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia....

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    • First Emperor of Rome
    • By: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 08-26-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,620 ratings
    • Caesar Augustus's story, one of the most riveting in western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success....

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    • City of Victory, Book 2
    • By: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Series: City of Victory, Book 2
    • Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 06-15-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 95 ratings
    • In the depths of the desert on the empire's Eastern Frontier, the Roman army lays siege to the city of Nicopolis. Estranged from his beloved Enica to keep her safe, centurion Flavius Ferox has secured his freedom after being framed once again....

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    • A New History of the World: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Civilizations
    • By: Paul Strathern
    • Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
    • Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • Charting five thousand years of global history in 10 lucid chapters, Empire is a must-listen for anyone fascinated by the history of the world....

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    • A Women's History of the Ancient World
    • By: Daisy Dunn
    • Narrated by: Daisy Dunn, Jenny Funnell
    • Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 07-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Classicist Daisy Dunn tells the dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world places women at the center—from Cleopatra to Boudica, Sappho to Fulvia, and countless other artists, writers, leaders, and creators of history.

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    • Ruling the Ancient World
    • By: Mary Beard
    • Narrated by: Mary Beard
    • Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 261 ratings
    • In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire....

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    • History in Fewer Words, Vol. 1
    • By: Gregory Bullock
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This is the history of the world, in summarized form. Learn how the major figures, events, and ages of history connect without detail-overload. ...

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    • The First World Empire, Battle for the West
    • By: Tom Holland
    • Narrated by: Mark Meadows, Tom Holland
    • Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For 70 years, victory had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire....

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    • The Origins of Ancient Civilizations and Mystery Traditions Throughout the Ages
    • By: Marco M. Vigato
    • Narrated by: Micah Hanks
    • Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • Establishing the historical and geological reality of Atlantis stretching all the way back to 432,000 BCE, Marco Vigato traces the course of Atlantean civilization through its three empires, revealing how civilization rose and fell several times over this lengthy span of time....

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