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  • Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon, Hammurabi and the Persian Empire

  • Written by: Captivating History
  • Narrated by: Richard Savage, Desmond Manny, Duke Holm, David Patton
  • Length: 21 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon, Hammurabi and the Persian Empire

Written by: Captivating History
Narrated by: Richard Savage, Desmond Manny, Duke Holm, David Patton
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If you want to discover the remarkable history of Mesopotamia, then pay attention...

Seven captivating manuscripts in one audiobook:

  • Sumerians: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Sumerian History, Sumerian Mythology and the Mesopotamian Empire of the Sumer Civilization
  • Gilgamesh: A Captivating Guide to Gilgamesh the King and the Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Ur: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Important Sumerian City-States in Ancient Mesopotamia
  • Assyrian History: A Captivating Guide to the Assyrians and Their Powerful Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia
  • Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia
  • Hammurabi: A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of Hammurabi
  • The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties

Taken together, the civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, and Persia have helped form the modern makeup of Mesopotamia, western Asia, and the world. However, to really understand why things are the way they are, it’s important to break up this historical timeline and spend some time learning about each society. Only by doing this will you be able to fully appreciate the powerful impact these ancient peoples had on our modern world.

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©2019 Captivating History (P)2019 Captivating History
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Interesting history

I was very excited to hear about the history of the Sumerians. While I did learn some interesting information , I found it hard to follow where the author was going. There was a lot of superfluous lists that were just not necessary as part of the content. For exemple, listing the names of 10 ancient cities all at ounce without added information makes it a 100% I won’t remember any of those, especially when we are not familiar with that language and we are not reading it at the same time as the audiobook.
Maybe it would have been better to built the audiobook with a clear timeline rather than by subjects.

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Awesome historical perspective. very illuminating

A very enlightening but different historical perspective than the common western spin on historical events. well done

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