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History of Greece
- An Enthralling Overview of Greek History
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Publisher's Summary
It’s really here: Greece’s entire history encapsulated in one volume!
This audiobook takes listeners on a succinct journey from Greece’s first settlements all the way to the 20th century. Its easy-to-follow yet meticulously-researched narrative will captivate history buffs, students, and anyone interested in learning more about Greece.
This concise overview covers Greece’s Stone Age and Bronze Age civilizations, its archaic and classical eras, its centuries under Roman rule, and the fascinating Byzantine Empire. It travels through Greece’s period under the Turkish Ottoman Empire, then its emancipation and formation of a parliamentary democracy that continued into the 20th century.
Here are some of the questions this audiobook will answer about Greece’s riveting history:
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