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A Very Short Introduction
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Ian Shaw
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The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination - mummies and pyramids, curses, and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt, but is it the right one? How much do we really know about this great civilization?
This second edition of Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction explores the history and culture of pharaonic Egypt, including ideas about Egyptian kingship, ancient Egyptian writing systems, and the history of Egyptology. Ian Shaw introduces the listener to issues relating to ethnicity, race, gender, and sexual relations; the latest ideas about death, funerary rites, and mummification; and thoughts on religion and ethics in ancient Egypt. He also looks at the phenomenon of Egyptomania, whereby certain books and films have sensationalized aspects of Egyptian culture. Finally, Shaw takes the story to the present day by illustrating the impact of the Arab Spring on approaches to Egyptian museums and cultural heritage.
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- Versión completa
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For 2,500 years, the Celts have continued to fascinate those who have come into contact with them, yet their origins have remained a mystery and even today are the subject of heated debate among historians and archaeologists. Barry Cunliffe's classic study of the ancient Celtic world was first published in 1997. Since then, huge advances have taken place in our knowledge: new finds, new ways of using DNA records to understand Celtic origins, new ideas about the proto-urban nature of early chieftains' strongholds. All these developments are part of this fully updated edition.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Missing the foundation and migration from the steppe and the Tuatha Dé Dannan
- De cpdb en 03-15-20
De: Barry Cunliffe
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Atlantis and Other Lost Worlds
- De: Frank Joseph
- Narrado por: Blake Kubena
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Atlantis and Other Lost Worlds is the most up-to-date and comprehensive investigation of history's infamous sunken city. Nowhere else will you find a more dramatic and convincing presentation of the evidence for its archaeological reality.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good for a substitute for melatonin!
- De joshua en 02-12-19
De: Frank Joseph
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Sumerians: A History from Beginning to End
- De: Henry Freeman
- Narrado por: Christopher Boozell
- Duración: 2 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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A legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary timeline of human history. Their tales of kings and gods, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, and their fearless trade in distant lands, during the remarkable Bronze Age, centered in the world’s first city-states that chronicled ancient rivalries and their enduring impact.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The writing is so poor I could not listen.
- De Erin en 12-04-21
De: Henry Freeman
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Sumerians
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- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 2 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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The sheer importance of Sumerian culture in regards to world culture as a whole is impossible to overstate. This civilization is single-handedly responsible for some of the most major innovations in nearly every field relevant to maintaining a civilized society - this includes religion, lawmaking, architecture, schooling, art, literature, and even entertainment. Naturally, most of what we see as negative aspects of society were established in ancient Sumer as well. There wasn’t an aspect of Sumerian life that wasn’t plagued with corruption or devastation of one form or another.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lots of information in short book
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1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
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- De: Eric H. Cline
- Narrado por: Eric H. Cline
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This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
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The Sumerians
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- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Neil Holmes
- Duración: 1 h y 15 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 140
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 117
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When American archaeologists discovered a collection of cuneiform tablets in Iraq in the late 19th century, they were confronted with a language and a people who were at the time only scarcely known to even the most knowledgeable scholars of ancient Mesopotamia: the Sumerians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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love these
- De amy en 12-14-16
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The Anunnaki Connection
- Sumerian Gods, Alien DNA, and the Fate of Humanity
- De: Heather Lynn PhD
- Narrado por: Chelsea Stephens
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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In The Anunnaki Connection, Heather Lynn connects a diverse range of new and existing theories about the Anunnaki, offering a definitive guide to Mesopotamian gods while exploring what role they might have played in engineering mankind. The Anunnaki Connection traces the evolution of gods throughout the Ancient Near East, analyzing the religion, myth, art, and symbolism of the Sumerians, investigating: Who are the Anunnaki?
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1 out of 5 stars
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meh
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De: Heather Lynn PhD
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Babylon
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- De: Paul Kriwaczek
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 650
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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. In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements seven thousand years ago to the eclipse of Babylon in the sixth century BCE. Bringing the people of this land to life in vibrant detail, the author chronicles the rise and fall of power during this period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid overview 3000 years of history
- De Alsor2000 en 07-19-20
De: Paul Kriwaczek
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The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
- De: Robert Garland, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Robert Garland
- Duración: 24 h y 28 m
- Grabación Original
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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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5 out of 5 stars
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Tantalizing time trip
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De: Robert Garland, y otros
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Denisovan Origins
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- De: Andrew Collins, Gregory L. Little
- Narrado por: Micah Hanks
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Tracing the migrations of the Denisovans and their interbreeding with Neanderthals and early human populations in Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas, Andrew Collins and Greg Little explore how the new mental capabilities of the Denisovan-Neanderthal and Denisovan-human hybrids greatly accelerated the flowering of human civilization over 40,000 years ago. They show how the Denisovans displayed sophisticated advances, including precision-machined stone tools and jewelry, tailored clothing, celestially-aligned architecture, and horse domestication.
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2 out of 5 stars
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There are better sources to get real information
- De cfeagans en 09-06-19
De: Andrew Collins, y otros
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The Empires of Atlantis
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- De: Marco M. Vigato
- Narrado por: Micah Hanks
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Exploring more than 100,000 years of Earth’s history, Marco Vigato combines recent discoveries in the the fields of archaeology, geology, anthropology, and genetics with the mystery teachings of antiquity to investigate the true origins of civilization. Establishing the historical and geological reality of Atlantis stretching all the way back to 432,000 BCE, he traces the course of Atlantean civilization through its three empires, revealing how civilization rose and fell several times over this lengthy span of time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lost library
- De russell b. en 04-02-24
De: Marco M. Vigato
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The 12th Planet
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- De: Zecharia Sitchin
- Narrado por: Stephen Bel Davies
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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The product of 30 years of intensive research, The 12th Planet is the first book in Zecharia Sitchin's prophetic Earth Chronicles series - a revolutionary body of work that offers indisputable documentary proof of humanity's extraterrestrial forefathers. Travelers from the stars, they arrived eons ago, and planted the genetic seed that would ultimately blossom into a remarkable species...called Man.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tough listen to start with
- De D. Dooley en 01-22-18
De: Zecharia Sitchin
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The Chalice and the Blade
- Our History, Our Future
- De: Riane Eisler
- Narrado por: Riane Eisler
- Duración: 2 h y 52 m
- Versión resumida
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Riane Eisler believes that war and the "war of the sexes" are concepts neither divinely nor biologically ordained. Join the author as she reconstructs a prehistoric culture based on partnership rather than domination and traces the roots of the global shift to patriarchy. Eisler, an acclaimed scholar, futurist, and activist, also presents new scripts for living based on a more socially, economically, ecologically, personally, and spiritually balanced society. This script is in direct opposition to the tension and violence typical of what she calls the dominator model. Her vision is the partnership model, which today is struggling to reemerge. This program is an important contribution to that struggle.
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1 out of 5 stars
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the chalice and the blade
- De Anne en 07-25-08
De: Riane Eisler
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Schopenhauer is considered to be the most accessible of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will-a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind and the whole of nature.
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Enzymes are the astonishing tiny molecular machines that make life possible. Each one of these small proteins speeds up a single chemical reaction inside a living organism many millionfold. Working together, teams of enzymes carry out all the processes that collectively we recognize as life, from making DNA to digesting food. This Very Short Introduction explains the why and the how of speeding up these reactions - catalysis - before going on to reveal how we have evolved these catalysts of such extraordinary power and exquisite selectivity.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin and evolution of life on Earth in order to illuminate and guide the search for life on other planets. In this Very Short Introduction, David C. Catling introduces the subject through our understanding of the factors that allowed life to arise and persist on our own planet, and for the signs we are looking for in the search for extraterrestrial life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Biochemistry Overview
- De Terri en 07-10-24
De: David C. Catling
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Hegel
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Peter Singer
- Narrado por: Christine Williams
- Duración: 3 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some of the more challenging aspects of Hegel's philosophy. Offering a broad discussion of Hegel's ideas and an account of his major works, Singer explains what have often been considered abstruse and obscure ideas in a clear and inviting manner.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great introduction
- De I'm all ears en 02-17-22
De: Peter Singer
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Wittgenstein
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: A. C. Grayling
- Narrado por: Kyle Munley
- Duración: 5 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on 20th-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A. C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general listener by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Track -ta- toose?
- De sleight en 07-13-22
De: A. C. Grayling
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Ancient Egypt (2nd Edition)
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- Will Knapp
- 02-10-24
A lovely book for those beginning Egyptian history
Ian Shaw produces interesting commentary on a variety of topics regarding that of Ancient Egypt. A majority of the book covers archaeology of Egypt, as he has much experience in the field. If you are expecting or desiring a book that instills a greater focus in a historical narrative, you'll likely want to refrain from this purchasing this introductory book. That being said, Shaw demonstrates an incredible array of knowledge of both Ancient Egypt and Egyptian historiography in a very short amount of pages. He, like many veteran historians, are great at framing the evidence and acknowledging the subjectivity of the archaeological finds. For those of you that are reasonably familiar with Egyptian history, I believe this book will serve as a great review of what you know and even more.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-14-24
Not worth the time
If you want to learn anything about ancient Egyptian history, this isn't for you. Half of it is about race and gender and modern pop culture and political views. Even as short as it is, it's not worth the time. It's very brave.
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