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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- By: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrated by: Amanda H. Podany
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great....
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The earliest history brought vividly to life!
- By Matthew Cawthorne on 29-03-23
By: Amanda H. Podany
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- By: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization....
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- By adamdw499 on 23-02-24
By: Judith Herrin
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The Secret History
- By: Procopius
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The Secret History, written by the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius, is one of the most extraordinary and scandalous documents to have survived from the early Byzantine period....
By: Procopius
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The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- By: Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, Claire Bloom
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
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A reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and then the Turkish Republic against their Christian minorities from 1894 to 1924....
By: Benny Morris, and others
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The United States and the Armenian Genocide
- History, Memory, Politics
- By: Julien Zarifian
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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During the first World War, over a million Armenians were killed as Ottoman Turks embarked on a bloody campaign of ethnic cleansing. Scholars have long described these massacres as genocide, one of Hitler's prime inspirations for the Holocaust.
By: Julien Zarifian
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Early Modern Europe
- A Captivating Guide to a Period in European History with Events Such as the Thirty Years War and the Salem Witch Hunts and Political Powers Such as England and the Ottoman Empire
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Richard L. Walton
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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This audiobook includes details of the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern era, where Europe saw significant shifts across the continent in phases....
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- By: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrated by: Amanda H. Podany
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great....
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The earliest history brought vividly to life!
- By Matthew Cawthorne on 29-03-23
By: Amanda H. Podany
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- By: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization....
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- By adamdw499 on 23-02-24
By: Judith Herrin
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The Secret History
- By: Procopius
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The Secret History, written by the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius, is one of the most extraordinary and scandalous documents to have survived from the early Byzantine period....
By: Procopius
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The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- By: Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, Claire Bloom
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and then the Turkish Republic against their Christian minorities from 1894 to 1924....
By: Benny Morris, and others
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The United States and the Armenian Genocide
- History, Memory, Politics
- By: Julien Zarifian
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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During the first World War, over a million Armenians were killed as Ottoman Turks embarked on a bloody campaign of ethnic cleansing. Scholars have long described these massacres as genocide, one of Hitler's prime inspirations for the Holocaust.
By: Julien Zarifian
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Early Modern Europe
- A Captivating Guide to a Period in European History with Events Such as the Thirty Years War and the Salem Witch Hunts and Political Powers Such as England and the Ottoman Empire
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Richard L. Walton
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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This audiobook includes details of the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern era, where Europe saw significant shifts across the continent in phases....
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The Fall of Constantinople
- A Captivating Guide to the Conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks That Marked the End of the Byzantine Empire
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Duke Holm
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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Explore a major turning point in the history of Europe and the Middle East....
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An important scholarly work.
- By Bruno Timothy on 30-09-18
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Istanbul
- Memories of a City
- By: Orhan Pamuk, Maureen Freely
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets, and waterways of Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination....
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Self indulgent and random
- By Paul E T Henty on 21-08-15
By: Orhan Pamuk, and others
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- By: Roger Crowley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II....
By: Roger Crowley
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The Ottoman Empire and Suleiman the Magnificent
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Spanning three continents and controlling lands in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Crimea, Anatolia, the Middle East, the Levant, Egypt, and North Africa, the Ottoman Empire was one of the most menacing powers at the height of its power in the 16th century....
By: Billy Wellman
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The Slavs and the Slave Trade
- The History of Enslaved Slavs Across Eastern Europe and the Islamic World
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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Whereas for much of human history slavery was somewhat arbitrary, in its later forms, it often had a discriminatory component, typically based on race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. This distinction shows how the practitioners of slavery justified the practice in terms of ideology....
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The Great Siege of Malta
- The History of the Battle for the Mediterranean Island Between the Ottoman Empire and Knights Hospitaller
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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For centuries, Christians and Muslims were embroiled in one of the most infamous territorial disputes of all time, viciously and relentlessly battling one another for the Holy Land....
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Lords of the Horizons
- A History of the Ottoman Empire
- By: Jason Goodwin
- Narrated by: Grahame Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts....
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Fascinating, impressionistic book marred by narration
- By Polaris on 15-11-18
By: Jason Goodwin
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Erdogan Rising
- The Battle for the Soul of Turkey
- By: Hannah Lucinda Smith
- Narrated by: Hannah Lucinda Smith
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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Everyone has heard of Erdogan: Turkey’s bullish, mercurial president is the original postmodern populist. Around the world, other strongmen are now following the path that he has blazed....
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Is this a book about Syria or Turkey?
- By Mr T J Colley on 25-01-21
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The Ottoman Empire
- An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
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From a small Turkish principality to a global superpower, the Ottoman Empire’s role in world history is certainly undeniable....
By: Billy Wellman
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tim Planiden
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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The long agony of the “sick man of Europe”, an expression used by the tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history....
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Correction needed
- By Alpay Tolga Kocak on 12-06-23
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Games Without Rules
- The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
- By: Tamim Ansary
- Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
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Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism.....
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Accurate title
- By The listener on 18-05-14
By: Tamim Ansary
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The Righteous and People of Conscience of the Armenian Genocide
- By: Gérard Dédéyan, Ago Demirdjian, Nabil Saleh
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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This book tells the stories of the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others who made a courageous stand against the mass slaughter of Ottoman Armenians in 1915, the first modern genocide. Foreigners and Ottomans alike ran considerable risks to bear witness and rescue victims....
By: Gérard Dédéyan, and others
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Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Fall of Constantinople, and the Life of Suleiman the Magnificent
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Desmond Manny, Duke Holm
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then pay attention....
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Very american accent
- By S. Mackintosh on 06-07-23
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Great Catastrophe
- Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide
- By: Thomas de Waal
- Narrated by: David Rapkin
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was the greatest atrocity of World War I....
By: Thomas de Waal
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Operation Nemesis
- The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide
- By: Eric Bogosian
- Narrated by: Eric Bogosian
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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A masterful account of the conspiracy of assassins that hunted down the perpetrators of a genocide....
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Brilliant audio book.
- By Kindle Customer on 02-06-22
By: Eric Bogosian
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The Ottoman Empire
- The Story of the Rise and Fall of the Islamic Heir to Rome
- By: Hourglass History, Patrick Stanton
- Narrated by: Hector Torres
- Length: 4 hrs
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This journey begins in the harsh steppes of Central Asia, reaches the storied gates of Vienna, and extends to both World Wars, encapsulating the dramatic rise and gradual fall of one of the most formidable empires in history....
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Ottoman Saga, Auditory Triumph.
- By Sophie E. Organ on 26-11-23
By: Hourglass History, and others
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Karlsbad Hatıralarım
- By: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Narrated by: Mehmet Atay
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Atatürk, 1918 yılında tedavi olmak üzere şimdiki adı Karlovy Vary yani 'Kralın Banyosu' olan, o zamanki adıyla Karlsbad'a uzun bir tren yolculuğu...
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Turkish Mythology with a Historical Introduction (Annotated)
- Learn About the Colorful Folklore, Vibrant History and Culture of Turkey Through This Collection of 44 Fairy Tales Short Stories
- By: Ignac Kunos
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Turkish mythology is comprised of myths and traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation by the Turkish people. Soon, you will be immersing yourself into their culture and traditions told in an almost poetic way....
By: Ignac Kunos
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They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else
- A History of the Armenian Genocide
- By: Ronald Grigor Suny
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
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Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the 20th century....
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interesting but too in-depth for most
- By Amazon Customer on 17-04-18
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Lawrence of Arabia on War
- The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18
- By: Robert Johnson
- Narrated by: Robert Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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While Lawrence of Arabia himself has been the subject of many biographies and an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well-known....
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The Arab Revolt reviewed
- By the60sthrowback on 23-12-22
By: Robert Johnson
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In Our Time: 25 Journeys Through the History of the Islamic World
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of the Islamic world through its religion, thinkers, poetry, empire and rulers....
By: Melvyn Bragg
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Climax at Gallipoli
- The Failure of the August Offensive
- By: Rhys Crawley
- Narrated by: Fred Humberstone
- Length: 12 hrs
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Gallipoli: the mere name summons the story of this well-known campaign of the First World War....
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Nope
- By Matt on 08-10-19
By: Rhys Crawley
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Ancient Turkey
- A Captivating Guide to Göbekli Tepe and the Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia and Eastern Thrace (Forgotten Civilizations)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Ancient Turkey was a land of myth and mystery, but its secrets are slowly being uncovered. Find out about the legendary cultures that left their mark on this unique region, and discover which stories are fact and which are fiction....
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The Ottoman Empire
- Ancient Empires
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Paul Maitrejean
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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Step into the enigmatic world of "The Ottoman Empire" a compelling exploration of the rise, zenith, and eventual decline of one of the most formidable empires in history.
By: History Nerds