
Memory of Empires: Ancient Egypt - Ancient Greece - Persian Empire - Roman Empire - Byzantine Empire
Echoes of power, conquest, and cultural legacyBy Elie Faure, Victoria CharlesLength7h 6m
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Empires are born. Empires reach their peak. Empires die, but leave their mark through their architecture and artistic achievements. From these specks of dust of memory, 40 centuries of history shape our world of the 21st century. The power of ancient Egypt was followed by the influence of Greece, which brought the Persian East together in the conquests of Alexander the Great. After Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, Rome became the power that ruled part of the world, finally dying out in the fall of the Byzantine Empire on 29 May 1453. The authors take the reader on a journey through time and space and highlight the succession of these civilisations that rubbed shoulders, even fought against each other and led us towards a more enlightened humanity.
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GenreOther, History
Length7 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
23THE PARTHENON
2ANCIENT EGYPT
24THE DUSK OF MANKIND
3INTRODUCTION THE COUNTRY: ITS CHARACTERISTIC ASPECTS
25PRAXITELES (C. 400 – BEFORE 326 B. C.)
4A GLANCE AT HISTORY
26THE GODS HAVE DESERTED THE SOULS OF THE ARTISTS
5THE MONUMENTS
27PERSIAN EMPIRE
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6TUTANKHAMUN, PHARAOH OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY
28INTRODUCTION
7AKHENATEN, PHARAOH OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY.
29BEFORE HISTORY
8NEFERTITI, QUEEN OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY
30THE AGE OF HELLENISM
9RAMESSES II, PHARAOH OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY.
31THE SASSANIAN STATE
10THE TWENTIETH DYNASTY
32ISLAM AND MEDIEVAL PERSIA
11THE EGYPT THAT DOES NOT DIE
33PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION AND PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING
12EPILOGUE
34ROMAN EMPIRE
13ANCIENT GREECE
35INTRODUCTION
14INTRODUCTION
36PAINTING
15THE SOURCES OF GREEK ART
37SCULPTURE
16THE DORIANS
38ARCHITECTURE
17DORIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
39BYZANTINE EMPIRE
18THE HERA OF SAMOS
40INTRODUCTION
19THE IONIANS
41I. EARLY BYZANTINE ART (306-843)
20THE APOLLONIAN MYTH
42II. THE RENAISSANCE OF BYZANTINE ART (843-1204)
21THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
43III. LATE BYZANTINE ART (1204-1453)
22PHIDIAS (C. 480 – 430 BC)