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    • The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
    • By: Ed Conway
    • Narrated by: Ed Conway
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-23
    • Language: English
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    • Ed Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates....

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    • A Maritime History of the World
    • By: Lincoln Paine
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 29 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-18
    • Language: English
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    • A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean, river, lake and stream....

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    • How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization
    • By: Vishal Mangalwadi
    • Narrated by: Peter Lawrence
    • Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 06-25-19
    • Language: English
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    • Learn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the past millennium, and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and longevity of Western civilization....

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    • The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds
    • By: Joel L. Kraemer
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-09
    • Language: English
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    • This first definitive biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver....

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    • By: Philip Matyszak
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 11-21-23
    • Language: English
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    • The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor, and Rome are familiar cornerstones of world history, visited by travelers from across the globe. But what about the cities that have dropped off the map? Philip Matyszak explores the trials, tribulations, and triumphs these cities faced....

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    • The West and the Rest
    • By: Niall Ferguson
    • Narrated by: Niall Ferguson
    • Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-01-11
    • Language: English
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    • The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years....

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    • How Textiles Made the World
    • By: Virginia I. Postrel
    • Narrated by: Caroline Cole
    • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 08-17-21
    • Language: English
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    • From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide....

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    • A History
    • By: Vaclav Smil
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 05-08-18
    • Language: English
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    • In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization and offers listeners a magisterial overview of humanity's energy eras....

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    • Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East”
    • By: Stewart Gordon
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 05-22-18
    • Language: English
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    • Author Stewart Gordon has fashioned a fascinating and unique look at Asia from AD 700 to 1500, a time when Asia was the world, by describing the personal journeys of Asia's many travelers....

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    • Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
    • By: Paul Kriwaczek
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 08-27-19
    • Language: English
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    • Civilization was born 8,000 years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts began to create increasingly sophisticated urban societies. In the cities that they built, half of human history took place....

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    • The Story of Civilization, Volume 1
    • By: Will Durant
    • Narrated by: Robin Field
    • Series: The Story of Civilization, Book 1
    • Length: 50 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-13
    • Language: English
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    • Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia....

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    • A 4,000-Year History
    • By: Josephine Quinn
    • Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
    • Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-29-24
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    • In a bold and magisterial work of immense scope, Josephine Quinn argues that the real story of the West is much bigger than this established paradigm leads us to believe. So much of our shared history has been lost....

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    • How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
    • By: Joseph Henrich
    • Narrated by: Korey Jackson
    • Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
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    • In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich draws on cutting-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology to explore these questions and more....

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