Dan’s research and book list:
The Histories (Everyman’s Library)
Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia
The World of Achaemenid Persia: History, Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East
A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 – 323 BC, 2nd Edition
The Persian Empire
The Persian Empire From Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
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From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
Hoplites
From Sumer to Rome: The Military Capabilities of Ancient Armies (Contributions in Military Studies)
Our Oriental Heritage Part 1
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Diodorus Siculus I: The Historical Library in Forty Books
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Armies of the Ancient Near East, 3,000 Bc to 539 Bc
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The Histories
The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Landmark Series)
Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (1)
A History of the Ancient World
The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics)
The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
The Greco-Persian Wars
The Defence of Greece (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)
The Ancient Historians
Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
Classical Bearings: Interpreting Ancient History and Culture
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History of the Persian Empire
Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks (The New Antiquity)
A Political History of the Achaemenid Empire (Ancient Near East)
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia
Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West (Asia in Europe and the Making of the West)
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Warfare in Antiquity: History of the Art of War, Volume I
Greek Warfare: Myth and Realities
The Iliad (Signet Classics)
Warhorse: Cavalry in Ancient Warfare
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The Art of War in Western World
Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity
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I was enlightened by a friend. It seems I am always “the history guy” and my friend said I cant live without this. It’s TRUE.
What got me into history, was sitting on my granddad’s knee, and having him tell me accounts of his dad that fought in WWI for the RFA, and his time in WWII in the aluetean islands. Such fond memorys… THIS is the quality you get with Dan Carlin. I’ve tried to get into historical podcasts before..this is not it. This is highly researched, intellectually produced, intricately detailed, STORY TELLING…that is so warm, focused, and just all around damn smart, you cant help but be hooked.
Get into this. Start with king of kings. He starts with the Spartans at Thermopylae and asks, “we know who these Spartans are..who are the persians? ” and takes you on a journey all the way back to assyria and Babylon…he is amazing. 100 stars.