Dan Carlin
Hardcore History 56 - Kings of Kings

Hardcore History 56 – Kings of Kings

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(7 customer reviews)
Release date: October 28, 2015
Duration: 03:32:40
Filesize: 195 MB

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Often relegated to the role of slavish cannon fodder for Sparta’s spears, the Achaemenid Persian empire had a glorious heritage. Under a single king they created the greatest empire the world had ever seen.

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Good News Bible: Today’s English Version
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Holy Bible: King James Version, 1611 Edition
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Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia
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A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 – 323 BC, 2nd Edition
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Cyrus the Great: An Ancient Iranian King
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The Persian Empire
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The Persian Empire From Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
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From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
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From Sumer to Rome: The Military Capabilities of Ancient Armies (Contributions in Military Studies)
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Our Oriental Heritage Part 1
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Diodorus Siculus I: The Historical Library in Forty Books
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The Cyrus Cylinder: The King of Persia’s Proclamation from Ancient Babylon
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The Ancient Assyrians (Elite, 39)
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Armies of the Ancient Near East, 3,000 Bc to 539 Bc
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Ancient Iraq: Third Edition (Penguin History)
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Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (1)
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A History of the Ancient World
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The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics)
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The Greco-Persian Wars
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The Ancient Historians
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Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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History of the Persian Empire
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Education of Cyrus (Everyman’s Library)
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7 reviews for Hardcore History 56 – Kings of Kings

  1. Natasha –

    This was the second series, after the Blueprint. Ancient history was a challenging topic for me, but Dan brings it to life in such vivid colours. Captivating from the first minutes, this work is unmatched in learning about the “black and white” world where the historical records barely existed. Thank you!

  2. artista_co –

    This wa sthe first HH podcast I ever heard. Fleshing out all of the ‘-ites’ of history is fantastic. The comparisons and insights of Dan are eye-opening. I especially liked the modern examples of the “statue of liberty in the sand” an dthe emotional impact that those events must have had on the people in the ancient past. The descriptions of encountering the walls by Xenophon actually had me wanting to be next to him and staing in awe and wonder. The description of the time lapse helped frame dusty dates. Thank you SO much for this. I wi be re-listening to this, and I am sure the others, over and over again. 2 thumbs, and 2 toes up!!!!

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