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The History of Ancient Egypt
- By: Bob Brier, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bob Brier
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. It lasted 3,000 years, longer than any other on the planet. Its Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest building in the world until well into the 19th century and remains the only Ancient Wonder still standing. And it was the most technologically advanced of the ancient civilizations, with the medical knowledge that made Egyptian physicians the most famous in the world.
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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 05-08-2018
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The History of Ancient Egypt
- Narrated by: Bob Brier
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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An Economic History of the World since 1400
- By: Donald J. Harreld, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Donald J. Harreld
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human civilization. This makes economic history - the study of how civilizations structured their environments to provide food, shelter, and material goods - a vital lens through which to think about how we arrived at our present, globalized moment. Designed to fill a long-empty gap in how we think about modern history, these 48 lectures are a comprehensive journey through more than 600 years of economic history.
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I have learnt a lot
- By Anonymous User on 19-06-2018
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An Economic History of the World since 1400
- Narrated by: Donald J. Harreld
- Series: The Great Courses: Business & Economics
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 19-08-2016
- Language: English
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The Story of Human Language
- By: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.
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This is from 2005
- By David on 26-07-2018
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The Story of Human Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
- By: Robert Garland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
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Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts. Over the course of 48 richly detailed lectures, Professor Garland covers the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.
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Excellent and enjoyable
- By Jennifer Shoesmith on 21-11-2016
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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations
- By: Brian M. Fagan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Brian M. Fagan
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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Where do we come from? How did our ancestors settle this planet? How did the great historic civilizations of the world develop? How does a past so shadowy that it has to be painstakingly reconstructed from fragmentary, largely unwritten records nonetheless make us who and what we are?
These 36 lectures bring you the answers that the latest scientific and archaeological research and theorizing suggest about human origins, how populations developed, and the ways in which civilizations spread throughout the globe.
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A bit dated
- By Anonymous User on 07-11-2017
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Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations
- Narrated by: Brian M. Fagan
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Food: A Cultural Culinary History
- By: Ken Albala, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ken Albala
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
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Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history, from prehistoric times to the present. Epicure Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said it best: "Gastronomy governs the whole life of man."
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A wonderful series.
- By Amazon Customer on 16-08-2017
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Food: A Cultural Culinary History
- Narrated by: Ken Albala
- Series: The Great Courses: Better Living
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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World War II: A Military and Social History
- By: Thomas Childers, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas Childers
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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Between 1937 and 1945, approximately 55 million people perished in the series of interrelated conflicts known as the Second World War. No continent was left untouched, no ocean unaffected. The war led to the eclipse of Europe and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers; ushered in the atomic age; produced, in the Holocaust, the most horrific crime ever committed in the history of Western civilization, and led to the end of Europe's colonial empires around the world.
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A disappointment
- By Kindle Customer on 30-01-2019
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World War II: A Military and Social History
- Narrated by: Thomas Childers
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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God Against the Gods
- The History of Monotheism and Polytheism
- By: Robert Garland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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Religion is foundational to what it means to be human. Our quest for meaning is as ancient as our very existence, stretching back to a time when Neanderthal burials and Paleolithic figurines suggest our ancestors recognized a power that transcended visible reality. From ancient civilizations to the 21st century, belief in a higher power seems to be a universal human instinct. These 12 thought-provoking lectures introduce you to the world of comparative religion, giving you insights into a variety of religious expressions and human cultures.
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God Against the Gods
- The History of Monotheism and Polytheism
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 24-05-2024
- Language: English
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The Fall and Rise of China
- By: Richard Baum, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Richard Baum
- Length: 24 hrs and 8 mins
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For most of its 5,000-year existence, China has been the largest, most populous, wealthiest, and mightiest nation on Earth. And for us as Westerners, it is essential to understand where China has been in order to anticipate its future. These 36 eye-opening lectures deliver a comprehensive political and historical overview of one of the most fascinating and complex countries in world history.
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Absolutely fantastic! 9.9 out of ten! Would have been a 10/10 if it was updated to include the last 10 years.
- By Alex on 24-04-2019
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The Fall and Rise of China
- Narrated by: Richard Baum
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 24 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed
- By: Edwin Barnhart, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Edwin Barnhart
- Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
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Centuries ago, Spanish conquistadors searching for gold and new lands encountered a group of independent city-states in Mesoamerica. Sophisticated beyond the Spaniards' wildest imaginings, these people were the Aztecs, the Maya, and related cultures that shared common traditions of religion, government, the arts, engineering, and trade. In many ways more advanced than European nations, these societies equaled the world's greatest civilizations of their time.
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An interesting but steep introduction
- By Paul Rowan on 13-09-2019
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Maya to Aztec: Ancient Mesoamerica Revealed
- Narrated by: Edwin Barnhart
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 06-03-2015
- Language: English
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The American Civil War
- By: Gary W. Gallagher, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Gary W. Gallagher
- Length: 24 hrs and 37 mins
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Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.
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Excellent but better post-production needed
- By Anonymous User on 05-05-2019
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The American Civil War
- Narrated by: Gary W. Gallagher
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 24 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest
- By: Jennifer Paxton, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Paxton
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
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These 36 lectures tell the remarkable story of a tumultuous thousand-year period in the history of England. Dominated by war, conquest, and the struggle to balance the stability brought by royal power with the rights of the governed, it was a period that put into place the foundation of much of the world we know today. As you journey through this largely chronological narrative you'll see key themes emerge, including the assimilation of successive waves of invaders, the tense relationship between kings and the nobility, and the constant battles over money and taxation.
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outstanding.
- By laura on 01-02-2015
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The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest
- Narrated by: Jennifer Paxton
- Series: The Great Courses: Medieval History
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
- By: The Great Courses, Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, and others
- Narrated by: Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 43 hrs and 23 mins
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This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past-from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day. These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.
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Brilliant!
- By Nelson C on 11-02-2016
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The History of the United States, 2nd Edition
- Narrated by: Allen C. Guelzo, Gary W. Gallagher, Patrick N. Allitt
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 43 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Great Mythologies of the World
- By: The Great Courses, Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey, and others
- Narrated by: Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey, Kathryn McClymond, and others
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
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The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our modern legacies. Explore the mythologies of Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Learn what makes these stories so important, distinctive, and able to withstand the test of time. Discover how, despite geographical implausibilities, many myths from across the oceans share themes, morals, and archetypes.
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Suffers from lack of direction
- By Zohal on 06-05-2018
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Great Mythologies of the World
- Narrated by: Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey, Kathryn McClymond, Robert André LaFleur
- Series: The Great Courses: World Literature
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 21-08-2015
- Language: English
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The Early Middle Ages
- By: Philip Daileader, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Philip Daileader
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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The Early Middle Ages-the years from A.D. 650 to 1000-were crucial to Europe's future social and political development. These 24 lectures trace a journey from Scandinavia across northern and central Europe to the farthest reaches of the Byzantine and Islamic empires, providing an exciting new look an era often simply called the "Dark Ages."
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disappointed
- By Rose on 14-01-2024
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The Early Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Philip Daileader
- Series: The Great Courses: Medieval History
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Renaissance: The Transformation of the West
- By: Jennifer McNabb, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer McNabb
- Length: 26 hrs and 35 mins
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While it’s easy to get caught up - and, rightfully so - in the art of the Renaissance, you cannot have a full, rounded understanding of just how important these centuries were without digging beneath the surface, without investigating the period in terms of its politics, its spirituality, its philosophies, its economics, and its societies. Do just that with these 48 lectures that consider the European Renaissance from all sides, that disturb traditional understandings, that tip sacred cows, and that enlarges our understanding of how the Renaissance revolutionized the Western world.
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- By matthew brown on 30-03-2024
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Renaissance: The Transformation of the West
- Narrated by: Jennifer McNabb
- Length: 26 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 20-07-2018
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
- By: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
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What were the forces that thrust the British Empire to its extraordinary position of greatness and then just as powerfully drove it into decline? And why is nearly every nation on earth, in one way or another, the consequence of the British Empire?In these 36 lectures, Professor Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, influence, and, ultimately, diminishment-four profound centuries that literally remade the world and bequeathed the complex global legacy that continues to shape your everyday life.
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brilliant
- By Alison on 23-01-2017
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
- Narrated by: Patrick N. Allitt
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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How Jesus Became God
- By: Bart D. Ehrman, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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This fundamental historical question and its complex answer speak penetratingly to the spiritual impulses, concerns, and beliefs that have played a seminal role in our world, even as they reveal the foundation of history’s most global religious movement, and fresh insights into the Western world's single most influential human being. Tackling all of these matters and more, Great Courses favorite Professor Ehrman returns with the unprecedented historical inquiry of How Jesus Became God.
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highly recommended
- By Alison on 17-07-2017
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How Jesus Became God
- Narrated by: Bart D. Ehrman
- Series: The Great Courses: Christianity
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-07-2014
- Language: English
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The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad
- By: Joyce E. Salisbury, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Joyce E. Salisbury
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Spain has played a unique and essential role in Western civilization. To understand the unfolding of Spain's epic history is to come to terms with one of the West's great cultures, and to grasp its enduring presence and impact on the world stage. In these 24 accessible lectures, Professor Salisbury presents a broad and enthralling panorama of Spanish history, covering the centuries from the first prehistoric settlement of the peninsula to Spain's 20th century civil war.
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Passionate Overview of Spain through Anglo Eyes
- By Anonymous User on 12-06-2023
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The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad
- Narrated by: Joyce E. Salisbury
- Series: The Great Courses: Civilization & Culture
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 21-07-2017
- Language: English
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Lost Worlds of South America
- By: Edwin Barnhart, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Edwin Barnhart
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Buried by the centuries on soaring mountain slopes and beneath arid deserts and lush jungles of South America, the remains of extraordinary, majestic civilizations-many unknown until recent decades-are now coming to light and raising tantalizing questions about what else may be awaiting discovery.Take an adventurous trek to these wilds of South America and the great civilizations of the ancients. In 24 eye-opening lectures, you'll take an in-depth look at the emerging finds and archaeological knowledge of more than 12 seminal civilizations.
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Marvellous material mildly marred
- By Padre on 03-03-2021
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Lost Worlds of South America
- Narrated by: Edwin Barnhart
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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