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Kings of Kings Series

Kings of Kings Series

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Hardcore History 56 – Kings of Kings I

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.

Publish Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015
Duration – 03:32:40 minutes

Hardcore History 57 – Kings of Kings II

From Biblical-era coup conspiracies to the horrific aftermath of ancient combat this second installment of the series on the Kings of Achaemenid Persia goes where only Dan can take it. For better or worse…

Publish Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016
Duration – 04:15:42 minutes

Hardcore History 58 – Kings of Kings III

If this were a movie, the events and cameos would be too numerous and star-studded to mention. It includes Xerxes, Spartans, Immortals, Alexander the Great, scythed chariots, and several of the greatest battles in history.

Publish Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016
Duration – 05:00:30 minutes

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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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Cyrus the Great: An Ancient Iranian King
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The Persian Empire From Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
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The 100 A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
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The Ancient Assyrians (Elite, 39)
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History of Assyria
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The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia
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Babylon (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Joan Oates (1979-05-21)
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Ancient Iraq: Third Edition (Penguin History)
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Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Iran’s Age of Empire Book 1)
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The Barbarians of Asia: The Peoples of the Steppes from 1600 B.C.
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The Geography of Strabo: An English Translation, with Introduction and Notes
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The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics)
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The Education of Cyrus (Agora Editions)
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Persian Fire
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
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The Histories (Everyman’s Library)
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Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia
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The World of Achaemenid Persia: History, Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East
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A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 – 323 BC, 2nd Edition
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The Persian Empire
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From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
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Hoplites
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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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Armies of the Ancient Near East, 3,000 Bc to 539 Bc
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The Histories
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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Landmark Series)
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A History of the Ancient World
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XENOPHON, THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION REX WARNER 1950 EDITION PENGUIN CLASSICS COLLECTIBLE
The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics)
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The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
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The Greco-Persian Wars
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The Defence of Greece (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts)
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The Ancient Historians
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Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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Classical Bearings: Interpreting Ancient History and Culture
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History of the Persian Empire
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Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks (The New Antiquity)
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A Political History of the Achaemenid Empire (Ancient Near East)
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The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia
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Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West (Asia in Europe and the Making of the West)
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Warfare in Antiquity: History of the Art of War, Volume I
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Greek Warfare: Myth and Realities
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The Art of War in Western World
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Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity
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Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army
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Ctesias’ ‘History of Persia’: Tales of the Orient (Routledge Classical Translations)
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Philip II of Macedonia: Greater Than Alexander
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Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C.: A Historical Biography
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The Madness of Alexander the Great: And the Myth of Military Genius
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Generalship of Alexander the Great
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Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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