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The Hittites: The History and Legacy of the Bronze Age's Forgotten Empire
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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The Hittites are an ancient people who remain somewhat enigmatic, but their influence on the ancient Near East is undeniable. From high in their capital of Hattusa in central Anatolia, the Hittites were able to conquer and control a kingdom that roughly comprised the area of modern Turkey, Syria, and parts of Iraq and Lebanon through a combination of brute military force and shrewd diplomatic machinations.
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The Hittites: The History and Legacy of the Bronze Age's Forgotten Empire
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2015
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of James Cagney
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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When the American Film Institute assembled a list of its top 100 actors, one of the top 10 was James Cagney, an actor whose acting and dancing talents spawned a career that spanned over five decades and once compelled Orson Welles to call him "maybe the greatest actor to ever appear in front of a camera." Ultimately it was portraying tough guys and gangsters in the 1930s that turned Cagney into a massive star, the kinds of roles he was born to play after growing up rough in Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century.
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American Legends: The Life of James Cagney
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2015
- Language: English
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The Suez Crisis
- The History of the Suez Canal’s Nationalization by Egypt and the War that Followed
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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On January 25, 1952, British forces in the Suez Canal region took aggressive action when it ordered a police post in Ismailia to surrender for alleged support of anti-British activities. When the commander of the police post refused and mounted defenses, the British attacked, killing approximately 40 and injuring 70 Egyptian policemen. Outrage spilled out onto the streets in the form of protests and riots. This coup had begun with the limited objective of overthrowing King Farouk, but it became a far larger, anti-West, anti-imperialist and non-aligned nationalist movement.
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The Suez Crisis
- The History of the Suez Canal’s Nationalization by Egypt and the War that Followed
- Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-04-2018
- Language: English
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The Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars
- The History of the Russian Conflicts Against the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Though history is usually written by the victors, the lack of a particularly strong writing tradition from the Mongols ensured that history was largely written by those who they vanquished. Because of this, their portrayal in the West has been extraordinarily negative for centuries, at least until recent revisions to the historical record. The Mongols have long been depicted as wild horse-archers galloping out of the dawn to rape, pillage, murder and enslave, but the Mongol army was a highly sophisticated, minutely organized and incredibly adaptive and innovative institution.
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The Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars
- The History of the Russian Conflicts Against the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Narrated by: Daniel Houle
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-08-2020
- Language: English
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The Sino-Japanese Wars: The History and Legacy of the Early 20th Century Conflicts That Made Japan the Dominant Power in Asia
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
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The Sino-Japanese Wars: The History and Legacy of the Early 20th Century Conflicts That Made Japan the Dominant Power in Asia examines what brought about the wars, the most notorious events, and the important aftermath.
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The Sino-Japanese Wars: The History and Legacy of the Early 20th Century Conflicts That Made Japan the Dominant Power in Asia
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-11-2018
- Language: English
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Scipio Africanus
- The Life and Legacy of the Roman General Who Defeated Hannibal During the Second Punic War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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Scipio Africanus: The Life and Legacy of the Roman General Who Defeated Hannibal During the Second Punic War chronicles how Scipio rose to prominence, his legendary victory at Zama, and the legacy he had on antiquity.
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Scipio Africanus
- The Life and Legacy of the Roman General Who Defeated Hannibal During the Second Punic War
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-04-2022
- Language: English
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Flinders Petrie: The Life and Legacy of the Father of Modern Egyptology
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
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Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the library and Lighthouse of Alexandria to the great pyramid at Giza, the ancient Egyptians produced several wonders of the world, revolutionized architecture and construction, created some of the world’s first systems of mathematics and medicine, and established language and art that spread across the known world.
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Flinders Petrie: The Life and Legacy of the Father of Modern Egyptology
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-05-2019
- Language: English
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American Legends: The Life of Billie Holiday
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Edith Moulson
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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If Billie Holiday wanted to become a jazz singer, she chose the best of all eras in which to attempt it. A wave of great jazz and jazz/pop crossover artists swept over the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s, generating a golden age for the genre. Emerging from such a powerful group of talented vocalists was not easy. The woman who has come to represent a model of great, instinctive jazz singing came from nowhere, had nothing, and virtually had no one. She was raw and untrained, but went forward with limited and quirky vocal gifts.
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American Legends: The Life of Billie Holiday
- Narrated by: Edith Moulson
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 24-07-2015
- Language: English
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Quetzalcoatl
- The History and Legacy of the Feathered Serpent God in Mesoamerican Mythology
- By: Charles River Editors, Ernesto Novato
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Worship of the Feathered Serpent can be traced back 2,000 years, and the Serpent’s cults appear all across Mesoamerica. The Olmec, the Aztec, and both the Yucatec and K’iche Mayans all had different names for this deity, including Kukulkan, Q’uq’umatz, and Tohil...Quetzalcoatl was and remains one of the most interesting and enlightening stories ever to have come out of any civilization, and his stories offer a better understanding of the Mesoamerican world.
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Quetzalcoatl
- The History and Legacy of the Feathered Serpent God in Mesoamerican Mythology
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Release date: 29-07-2019
- Language: English
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South Africa and the British Empire
- The History and Legacy of the Region Under Great Britain’s Control
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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The Boer War was the defining conflict of South African history and one of the most important conflicts in the history of the British Empire. Naturally, complicated geopolitics underscored it, going back centuries. In fact, the European history of South Africa began with the 1652 arrival of a small Dutch flotilla in Table Bay, at the southern extremity of the African continent, which made landfall with a view to establishing a victualing station to service passing Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) ships.
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South Africa and the British Empire
- The History and Legacy of the Region Under Great Britain’s Control
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-04-2019
- Language: English
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Gujarat
- The History of the Indian State from the Ancient Indus Valley Civilization to Today
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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Gujarat is one of the most storied sites in a storied area. Many groups and empires ruled India or tried to, and Gujarat was the power center for the region’s oldest of all, the Indus Valley Civilization. Gujarat also played an instrumental role in India’s greatest ancient empire. During the last centuries of the first millennium BCE, most of the Mediterranean basin and the Near East were either directly or indirectly under the influence of Hellenism.
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Gujarat
- The History of the Indian State from the Ancient Indus Valley Civilization to Today
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 30-01-2019
- Language: English
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The Five Good Emperors
- The History of the Roman Empire During the Reigns of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
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"The Five Good Emperors", a reference to the five emperors who ruled the Roman Empire between 96 and 180 CE (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius), was a term first coined by Machiavelli and later adopted and popularized by historian Edward Gibbon. This period of 84 years is generally regarded as the high point of the Roman Empire, at least after Augustus. According to some academics, the success these rulers had in centralizing the empire's administration, while undoubtedly bringing huge benefits, also sowed the seeds for later problems.
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The Five Good Emperors
- The History of the Roman Empire During the Reigns of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Jim Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 26-12-2018
- Language: English
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Blaise Pascal: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary French Mathematician and Theologian
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Blaise Pascal: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary French Mathematician and Theologian examines the life and work that made this unconventionally educated yet brilliant scientist, mathematician, and man of letters one of modern history’s most important figures. You will learn about Pascal like never before.
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Blaise Pascal: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary French Mathematician and Theologian
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 13-12-2018
- Language: English
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The War Crimes Trials for World War II
- The History and Legacy of Nazi Germany and Japan’s War Crimes Trials After the War
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
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The War Crimes Trials for World War II: The History and Legacy of Nazi Germany and Japan’s War Crimes Trials After the War chronicles the history of the trials from their conception to their completion. You will learn about the trials like never before.
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The War Crimes Trials for World War II
- The History and Legacy of Nazi Germany and Japan’s War Crimes Trials After the War
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-11-2018
- Language: English
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The Spread of HIV and AIDS
- The History of the HIV Virus and the Rise of Infections Across the World
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tracey Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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The Spread of HIV and AIDS: The History of the HIV Virus and the Rise of Infections across the World examines how the notorious killer became one of the most feared diagnoses in the world. You will learn about the spread of HIV and AIDS like never before.
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The Spread of HIV and AIDS
- The History of the HIV Virus and the Rise of Infections Across the World
- Narrated by: Tracey Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 22-06-2018
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire
- The History of the Turkish Empire’s Creation and Its Destruction Over 600 Years Later
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the fourth century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire. Constantinople would continue to serve as the capital of the Byzantine Empire even after the Western half of the Roman Empire collapsed in the late fifth century.
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The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire
- The History of the Turkish Empire’s Creation and Its Destruction Over 600 Years Later
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 30-01-2018
- Language: English
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Amphibious Warfare in World War II
- The History and Legacy of the War’s Most Important Landing Operations
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
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A swift, sudden attack from the ocean, putting soldiers ashore on a hostile coast at some point weakly defended by the enemy, has been a powerful tactical and strategic tool since the late Bronze Age. Utilized by the Sea Peoples against New Kingdom Egypt and the Greek city-states in their internecine wars, amphibious warfare combined high mobility with a strong chance of complete surprise. World War II, however, witnessed a sudden explosion in the scope and metamorphosis in the methods of amphibious warfare.
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Amphibious Warfare in World War II
- The History and Legacy of the War’s Most Important Landing Operations
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 23-01-2018
- Language: English
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The Panama Canal
- The Construction and History of the Waterway Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dennis E. Morris
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Most people have heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but while not as many have heard of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, those who have are aware that the Panama Canal is considered one of them. In a world where few natural rivers carved out over eons of time have reached a length of more than 50 miles, the idea that a group of men could carve a canal of that length seemed impossible. In fact, many thought it could not be done.
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The Panama Canal
- The Construction and History of the Waterway Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- Narrated by: Dennis E. Morris
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-04-2015
- Language: English
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The Fall of France: The History of Nazi Germany's Invasion and Conquest of France During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Christian Carvajal
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Of course,Paris was not destroyed before the Allies liberated it, but it would take more than four years for them to wrest control of France from Nazi Germany after they took the country by storm in about a month in 1940. That said, it's widely overlooked today given how history played out that as the power of Nazi Germany grew alarmingly during the 1930s, the French sought means to defend their territory against the rising menace of the Thousand-Year Reich.
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The Fall of France: The History of Nazi Germany's Invasion and Conquest of France During World War II
- Narrated by: Christian Carvajal
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 28-07-2015
- Language: English
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Chairman Mao: The Life and Legacy of Mao Zedong
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Cliff Truesdell
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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It's a sure sign of fame when a man is known simply by his first name, and Mao Zedong, often referred to simply as Mao or Chairman Mao, was one of the most influential men of the 20th century. He was also arguably the most controversial; as the founder of the People's Republic of China, Mao rose from being a communist revolutionary to successfully overthrowing a regime and transforming China into a communist powerhouse in Asia.
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Chairman Mao: The Life and Legacy of Mao Zedong
- Narrated by: Cliff Truesdell
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 15-05-2015
- Language: English
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