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Uncover an ancient history mystery where a thriving lost civilization built advanced megacities, then completely vanished. Perfect for your morning commute, this captivating historical deep dive transports you four thousand years into the past along the rivers of modern-day Pakistan and India...

Witness the dramatic rise and catastrophic fall of ancient Mesopotamia's first global empire in this immersive history. Perfect for a gripping daily commute, this vivid narrative transports you to the fertile plains between the Tigris and Euphrates, where rival Sumerian city-states fiercely...

Face aux juges d’Athènes, Socrate refuse les artifices de l’éloquence et choisit de parler avec la seule force de la vérité. Accusé de corrompre la jeunesse et de mépriser les dieux de la cité, il examine ses accusateurs, interroge le sens de la sagesse et défend jusqu’au bout la...

असंतोष, विभाजन आदींनी भारत ग्रस्त आहे. लोक भ्रष्ट आणि स्वार्थी उच्चभ्रूंचा आणि राज्यकर्त्यांचा तिरस्कार करतात...

Experience the epic military history of a besieged metropolis shattered by revolutionary gunpowder artillery. Perfect for an immersive commute, this dramatic chronological narrative transports you straight to the bloody ramparts of 1453. Witness the terrifying dawn of modern warfare as ancient...

In this sharp, eye-opening account, classics professor Michelle Berenfeld redirects our gaze. The Roman Empire isn’t the lesson—the Roman Republic is. Nearly five centuries of representative government, undone by forces that should sound familiar: wealth and power concentrated in the hands of elites, rampant political violence, endless expansionist wars, and a Senate that normalized emergency measures until it had nothing left to protect.

'A groundbreaking reclamation of the forgotten women who slay dragons. A must-read for dragon fans' Professor Daniel Ogden A seminal chronicle of the hidden history and mythology of female dragon slayers from ancient world expert and author of Goddess with a Thousand Faces Jasmine Elmer. The...

Journey into awe-inspiring ancient history and discover the lost architectural marvel that ruled the Mediterranean seas. Perfect for an immersive commute or an evening of deep-focus learning, this atmospheric narrative resurrects the great beacon of the Ptolemaic kings. Stand on the starlit...

Witness the epic rise and dramatic collapse of ancient civilizations as humanity forges its first interconnected empires. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive historical journey transports you from scattered Stone Age farming villages to the monumental temples of Mesopotamia and the...

Witness the spectacular rise and dramatic collapse of ancient Egypt in this immersive historical narrative. Perfect for an educational commute or relaxing evening listen, this dynamic chronicle trades dry academic dates for vibrant, true-to-life storytelling. Walk alongside mighty god-kings...

In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story...

Bloomsbury presents Homer-Haunted: The Many Afterlives of an Ancient Poet, written and read by Henry Power 'It's rich and beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics 'This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you're as hooked on...

Popular Lost Cities author David Hatcher Childress takes us into the amazing world of ancient technology, from computers in antiquity to the flying machines of the gods. Childress looks at the technology that was allegedly used in Atlantis and the theory that the Great Pyramid of Egypt was originally a gigantic power station. He examines tales of ancient flight and the technology that it involved; how the ancients used electricity; megalithic building techniques; the use of crystal lenses and the fire from the gods; and more.

For the first time, By the Spear offers an exhilarating military narrative of the reigns of these two larger-than-life figures in one volume. Ian Worthington gives full breadth to the careers of father and son, showing how Philip was the architect of the Macedonian empire, which reached its zenith under Alexander, only to disintegrate upon his death.

Criss-crossing the globe from the prehistoric era to the modern day, Professor Jeremy Black takes you on a whirlwind tour of our past, leaving no stone unturned as he brings to life the fascinating story of civilisation. A History of the World includes everything you need to know about human history, from the development of empires in Mesopotamia to the first steps into space.

With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor, and threatened settlement grew to become, during its height, the dominant power in the Mediterranean world for 500 years. Encompassing the period from Rome's founding in the eighth century BC through Justinian's rule in the sixth century AD, he offers a distinctive perspective on the Romans and their civilization by employing fundamental Roman values as a lens through which to view both their rise and spectacular fall. 

The first chemists were Sri Lankan steel forgers in the first century BCE, alchemists who emerged in Roman Egypt; herbalists in Tang Dynasty China and engineers in eighth-century South America. The Enlightenment is usually credited with the origins of chemistry. But in truth, the science...

For most of its 5,000-year existence, China has been the largest, most populous, wealthiest, and mightiest nation on Earth. And for us as Westerners, it is essential to understand where China has been in order to anticipate its future. These 36 eye-opening lectures deliver a comprehensive political and historical overview of one of the most fascinating and complex countries in world history.You'll learn about the powerful dynasties that ruled China for centuries; the philosophical and religious foundations-particularly Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism-that have influenced every iteration of Chinese thought, and the larger-than-life personalities, from both inside and outside its borders, of those who have shaped China's history. As you listen to these lectures, you'll see how China's politics, economics, and art reflect the forces of its past.From the "Mandate of Heaven," a theory of social contract in place by 1500 B.C.E., 3,000 years before Western philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, to the development of agriculture and writing independent of outside influence to the technologically-advanced Han Dynasty during the time of the Roman Empire, this course takes you on a journey across ground that has been largely unexplored in the history courses most of us in the West have taken.In guiding you through the five millennia of China's history, Professor Hammond tells a fascinating story with an immense scope, a welcome reminder that China is no stranger to that stage and, indeed, has more often than not been the most extraordinary player on it.

Discourses on Livy, written in 1531, is as essential to understanding Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference for a republican state. Comparing the practice of the ancient Romans with that of his contemporaries provided Machiavelli with a consistent point of view in all his works. Machiavelli's close analysis of Livy's history of Rome led him to advance his most original and outspoken view of politics--the belief that a healthy political body was characterized by social friction and conflict rather than by rigid stability.

How did human societies scale up from small, tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societies of today - even though anonymity is the enemy of cooperation? How did organized religions with "Big Gods" - the great monotheistic and polytheistic faiths - spread to colonize most minds in the world? In Big Gods, Ara Norenzayan makes the surprising and provocative argument that these fundamental puzzles about the origins of civilization are one and the same, and answer each other.