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 261 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 491 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 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 27 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 1,397 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 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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    • 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 1,624 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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 397 ratings
    • A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire....

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    • How Rome Built - and America Is Building - a New World
    • By: Thomas F. Madden
    • Narrated by: Richard Poe
    • Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 11-26-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
    • In Empires of Trust, Professor Thomas F. Madden explores surprising parallels between the Roman and American republics....

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    • The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
    • By: Eckart Frahm
    • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
    • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
    • At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history....

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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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    • Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
    • By: James Reston Jr.
    • Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
    • Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 01-29-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • A best-selling historian recounts 16 years that shook the world - the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna....

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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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    • 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
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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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    • 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 97 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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    • 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 269 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 2 ratings
    • 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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