
The Throne of Adulis
Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam
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Fleet Cooper
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G. W. Bowersock
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Just prior to the rise of Islam in the sixth century A.D., southern Arabia was embroiled in a violent conflict between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, which had established Christian churches in Ethiopia, and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, which supported the Jews in what became a proxy war against its longtime foe Byzantium. Our knowledge of these events derives largely from an inscribed marble throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis, meticulously described by a sixth-century Christian merchant known as Cosmas Indicopleustes. Using the writings of Cosmas and a wealth of other historical and archaeological evidence from the period, eminent historian G. W. Bowersock carefully reconstructs this fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history. The flashpoint of the war, Bowersock tells us, occurred when Yusuf, the Jewish king of Himyar, massacred hundreds of Christians living in Najran. The Christian ruler of Ethiopia, Kaleb, urged on by the Byzantine emperor Justin, led a force of 120,000 men across the Red Sea to defeat Yusuf. But when the victorious Kaleb - said to have retired to a monastery - left behind weak leaders in both Ethiopia and Himyar, the Byzantine and Persian empires expanded their activity in the Arabian territory. In the midst of this conflict, a new religion was born, destined to bring a wholly unanticipated resolution to the power struggle in Arabia. The Throne of Adulis vividly recreates the Red Sea world of Late Antiquity, transporting listeners back to a remote but pivotal epoch in ancient history, one that sheds light on the collapse of the Persian Empire as well as the rise of Islam.
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When Montezuma Met Cortes
- The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History
- De: Matthew Restall
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
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In 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction - the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas - has long been the symbol of Cortés' bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere. But is this really what happened?
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Flawed, but worth it for those interested.
- De "J" en 02-16-18
De: Matthew Restall
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The 12th Planet
- Earth Chronicles Series, Book 1
- 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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Tough listen to start with
- De D. Dooley en 01-22-18
De: Zecharia Sitchin
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Charlemagne
- De: Johannes Fried, Peter Lewis
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 30 h y 17 m
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When the legendary Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne died in 814 he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Johannes Fried paints a compelling portrait of a devout ruler, a violent time, and a unified kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called the father of Europe.
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- De Doris en 01-19-18
De: Johannes Fried, y otros
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China
- A History
- De: John Keay
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 25 h y 30 m
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Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past. Keay's authoritative history examines 5,000 years in China, from the time of the Three Dynasties through Chairman Mao and the current economic transformation of the country.
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Needs new narrator
- De Betty en 10-16-16
De: John Keay
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Lost Enlightenment
- Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
- De: S. Frederick Starr
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 25 h y 16 m
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Lost Enlightenment recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the size and sophistication of its cities, the refinement of its arts, and, above all, in the advancement of knowledge in many fields. Central Asians achieved signal breakthroughs in astronomy, mathematics, geology, medicine, chemistry, music, social science, philosophy, and theology, among other subjects.
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Subject worthwhile but repetative narrative
- De F-M en 04-10-14
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In God's Path
- The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
- De: Robert G. Hoyland
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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In just over a hundred years - from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 - the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far flung as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in China. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its greatest expansion, and it was claimed for the Arabs in roughly half the time.
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Islamic conquest history from the outside
- De SAMA en 01-22-15
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The Templars
- The History and the Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons
- De: Michael Haag
- Narrado por: Guy Bethell
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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Arguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, while inspiring popular culture from Indiana Jones to Dan Brown. In The Templars, author Michael Haag offers a definitive history of these loyal Christian soldiers of the Crusades - sworn to defend the Holy Land and Jerusalem, but ultimately damned and destroyed by the Pope and his church.
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Narrator ruined it
- De Amazon Customer en 10-19-17
De: Michael Haag
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The Ornament of the World
- How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
- De: Maria Rosa Menocal, Harold Bloom - foreword
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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Widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literature, science, and the arts flourished.
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Excellent Book
- De Zahid Ahmad en 08-14-18
De: Maria Rosa Menocal, y otros
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The Vikings
- A History
- De: Robert Ferguson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 14 h y 50 m
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From Robert Ferguson comes a comprehensive and thrilling history, based on the latest scholarship, that offers the definitive portrait of the Vikings.
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Good Historical Overview
- De Elizabeth Ciminelli en 04-25-12
De: Robert Ferguson
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The Jesus Papers
- Exposing the Greatest Cover-up in History
- De: Michael Baigent
- Narrado por: Michael Baigent
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong? In The Jesus Papers, Michael Baigent reveals the truth about Jesus's life and crucifixion. Despite, or rather because of, all the celebration and veneration that have surrounded the figure of Jesus for centuries, Baigent asserts that Jesus and the circumstances leading to his death have been heavily mythologized.
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More for History, Less for facts
- De Brett Weathersby en 05-21-06
De: Michael Baigent
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The Fourth Part of the World
- The Race to the Ends of the Earth
- De: Toby Lester
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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Brimming with enthralling details and personalities, Toby Lester's The Fourth Part of the World spotlights Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map and recounts the epic tale of the mariners and scholars who facilitated this watershed of Western history.
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I enjoyed it
- De Todd en 07-19-10
De: Toby Lester
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography
- Lives of the Great Religious Books
- De: John J. Collins
- Narrado por: Mark Moseley
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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Since they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran, in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination - and more controversy - than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that existed around the time of Jesus, and they continue to inspire veneration and conspiracy theories to this day. John Collins tells the story of the bitter conflicts that have swirled around the scrolls since their startling discovery, and sheds light on their true significance for Jewish and Christian history.
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"Great Biography"
- De Marilyn Lame' en 12-04-14
De: John J. Collins
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- 06-05-22
Fantastic Short History
This was an excellent listen with a quality performance. I loved how detailed the author was in his research and the accompanying PDF was very useful. The narrator clearly took the time to learn bow to pronounce various place names. Highly recommended if you have a 4 hour drive or flight!
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- idontknowman
- 02-21-16
Not what I thought it would be.
Even though the description of the book and author made it abundantly clear that this book was more an academic work than a narrative, for some reason I held on to the idea that an audible title would have to have some measure of value to the layman. I was extraordinarily mistaken. It was not that I couldn't follow what was read, I just didn't care about the long and thorough scientific and academic proof of the propounded theory, which I thought took up a good 70 - 80 % of the book. The salient point of the book is pretty much in the discrption of the title. They found a thrown of an Ethiopian Christian King who went to war across the Red Sea with support from Bisantean emperors against a Jewish kingdom suporrted by the Persian Shahs in Arabia. That was pretty much all.The rest was about how archeological and historic evidence prove this. A teadious read indeed.
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- 06-04-18
Understanding Islam
There is a lot of back history to get through before the book mentions Islam and Mohammed but it is well worth it.
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