Ancient Empires: A 15-Volume Anthology
A Panoramic History of Power, Conquest, Culture, and Decline from Mesopotamia to ByzantiumBy George Rawlinson, L. W. King, John Bagnell Bury, Arrian, Theodor Mommsen, Edward Gibbon, Charles Oman
Length455h 15m
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Ancient Empires: A 15-Volume Anthology surveys the formation, expansion, administration, and decline of the ancient world's great powers through a capacious range of historical writing. Moving between narrative history, political analysis, military description, documentary-minded reconstruction, and reflective prose, the collection places Greece, Rome, Persia, and the wider Mediterranean in comparative view. Accounts of imperial conquest and civic institutions stand beside searching treatments of warfare, succession, cultural encounter, and historical memory, making the anthology both a panorama of antiquity and a record of changing methods of interpreting it. Its contributors unite classical witnesses with influential modern historians. Arrian offers a near-ancient perspective on Macedonian expansion, while George Rawlinson and L. W. King bring philological and archaeological attention to the ancient Near East. John Bagnell Bury, Theodor Mommsen, Edward Gibbon, and Charles Oman represent major traditions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century historical scholarship, from constitutional and institutional history to the study of imperial decline and military organization. Their differing assumptions, sources, and narrative styles illuminate the evolution of classical historiography itself. This volume is especially rewarding for readers seeking a broad, intellectually layered introduction to empire. Its fifteen volumes invite comparison across civilizations and across historiographical generations, fostering critical attention to how power is narrated, explained, and remembered. Students and general readers alike will find an invaluable forum for sustained dialogue among foundational historical voices.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length455 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of Ancient Egypt
2I. The Land of Egypt.
3II. The People of Egypt.
4III. The Dawn of History.
5IV. The Pyramid Builders.
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6V. The Rise of Thebes to Power, and the Early Theban Kings.
7VI. The Good Amenemhat and His Works.
8VII. Abraham in Egypt.
9VIII. The Great Invasion—The Hyksôs or Shepherd Kings—Joseph and Apepi.
10IX. How the Hyksôs were Expelled from Egypt.
11X. Thothmes I., The First Great Egyptian Conqueror.
12XI. Queen Hatasu and Her Merchant Fleet.
13XII. Thothmes the Third and Amenhotep the Second.
14XIII. Amenhotep III. And His Great Works—The Vocal Memnon.
15XIV. Khuenaten and the Disk-Worshippers.
16XV. Beginning of the Decline of Egypt.
17XVI. Menephthah I., The Pharaoh of the Exodus.
18XVII. The Decline of Egypt Under the Later Ramessides.
19XVIII. The Priest-Kings—Pinetem and Solomon.
20XIX. Shishak and His Dynasty.
21XX. The Land Shadowing With Wings—Egypt Under the Ethiopians
22XXI. The Fight Over the Carcase—Ethiopia v. Assyria.
23XXII. The Corpse Comes to Life Again—Psamatik I. and His Son Neco.
24XXIII. The Later Saïte Kings.—Psamatik II., Apries, and Amasis.
25XXIV. The Persian Conquest.
26XXV. Three Desperate Revolts.
27XXVI. A Last Gleam of Sunshine—Nectanebo I.
28XXVII. The Light Goes Out in Darkness.
29A History of Sumer and Akkadian Empire
30CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY: THE LANDS OF SUMER AND AKKAD
31CHAPTER II THE SITES OF EARLY CITIES AND THE RACIAL CHARACTER OF THEIR INHABITANTS
32CHAPTER III THE AGE AND PRINCIPAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION
33CHAPTER IV THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS IN SUMER; THE DAWN OF HISTORY AND THE RISE OF LAGASH
34CHAPTER V WARS OF THE CITY-STATES; EANNATUM AND THE STELE OF THE VULTURES
35CHAPTER VI THE CLOSE OF UR-NINÂ'S DYNASTY, THE REFORMS OF URUKAGINA, AND THE FALL OF LAGASH
36CHAPTER VII EARLY RULERS OF SUMER AND KINGS OF KISH
37CHAPTER VIII THE EMPIRE OF AKKAD AND ITS RELATION TO KISH
38CHAPTER IX THE LATER RULERS OF LAGASH
39CHAPTER X THE DYNASTY OF UR AND THE KINGDOM OF SUMER AND AKKAD
40CHAPTER XI THE EARLIER RULERS OF ELAM, THE DYNASTY OF ISIN, AND THE RISE OF BABYLON
41CHAPTER XII THE CULTURAL INFLUENCE OF SUMER IN EGYPT, ASIA AND THE WEST
42APPENDICES
43The History of Babylon
44Chapter I. Extent of the Empire
45Chapter II. Climate and Productions
46Chapter III. The People
47Chapter IV. The Capital
48Chapter V. Arts and Sciences
49Chapter VI. Manners and Customs
50Chapter VII. Religion
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