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Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- By: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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This sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West sheds a revealing light on current hostilities....
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Excellent read
- By Susan Stone on 01-25-19
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1. Sword and Scimitar
- Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-11-18
- Language: English
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- By: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrated by: Amanda H. Podany
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great....
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word of advice
- By Jim Davis on 08-04-23
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2. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- Narrated by: Amanda H. Podany
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-28-23
- Language: English
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- By: Roger Crowley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II....
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A well written narrative with bizarre and biased commentary
- By Patrick D. Flynn on 08-17-17
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3. 1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- By: Tamim Ansary
- Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other....
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A history of the world before the West mattered
- By David on 05-05-14
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4. Destiny Disrupted
- A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
- Narrated by: Tamim Ansary
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-28-09
- Language: English
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The Ottomans
- Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- By: Marc David Baer
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
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This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West....
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Great except for pronunt of Turkish names
- By Anonymous User on 11-04-22
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5. The Ottomans
- Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- Narrated by: Jamie Parker
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 10-05-21
- Language: English
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- By: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization....
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Not a comprehensible history
- By kevin arsenault on 10-07-23
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6. Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-24-23
- Language: English
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
- By: Bettany Hughes
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact....
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A daunting undertaking pulled off superlatively
- By SGS on 12-24-17
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7. Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 09-12-17
- Language: English
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Operation Nemesis
- The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide
- By: Eric Bogosian
- Narrated by: Eric Bogosian
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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A masterful account of the conspiracy of assassins that hunted down the perpetrators of a genocide....
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Avenging Turkish Denial with Reason
- By PKsweets on 05-12-15
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8. Operation Nemesis
- The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide
- Narrated by: Eric Bogosian
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 04-21-15
- Language: English
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The Battle of Lepanto: The History of the Decisive Naval Battle Between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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The Battle of Lepanto is one of the great iconic military clashes of history, ranked with Waterloo, Hastings, Somme, and the Battle of Britain. It was the last and largest great battle involving galleys....
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Not sure this was thoroughly researched
- By CountryBoy on 07-03-20
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9. The Battle of Lepanto: The History of the Decisive Naval Battle Between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-31-19
- Language: English
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Lost to the West
- The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
- By: Lars Brownworth
- Narrated by: Lars Brownworth
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy....
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Just a delight for anyone interested in history !
- By Cinders on 05-28-13
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10. Lost to the West
- The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
- Narrated by: Lars Brownworth
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-15-09
- Language: English
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Defenders of the Faith
- Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
- By: James Reston Jr.
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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A best-selling historian recounts 16 years that shook the world - the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna....
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Good account of interesting period of history
- By ItalCali on 03-11-22
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11. Defenders of the Faith
- Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-29-19
- Language: English
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The Confidence Men
- How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
- By: Margalit Fox
- Narrated by: Richard Elfyn
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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A gripping nonfiction thriller, The Confidence Men is the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time....
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Too long
- By Ross DeSautel on 07-16-22
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12. The Confidence Men
- How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
- Narrated by: Richard Elfyn
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 06-01-21
- Language: English
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The House of War
- The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate
- By: Sir Simon Mayall
- Narrated by: Sir Simon Mayall
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
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From the taking of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I, Christian popes, emperors and kings, and Muslim caliphs and sultans were locked in a 1300-year battle for political, military, economic and religious supremacy.
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13. The House of War
- The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate
- Narrated by: Sir Simon Mayall
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-12-24
- Language: English
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The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- By: Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, Claire Bloom
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
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A reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and then the Turkish Republic against their Christian minorities from 1894 to 1924....
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Pay Close Attention to This Stunning Achievement
- By J.Brock on 06-25-20
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14. The Thirty-Year Genocide
- Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 04-24-19
- Language: English
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Tim Planiden
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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The long agony of the “sick man of Europe”, an expression used by the tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history....
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Not for everyone but I loved it
- By Mary Ann on 05-31-23
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15. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey
- The History of the Ottoman Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
- Narrated by: Tim Planiden
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-08-20
- Language: English
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The Secret History
- By: Procopius
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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The Secret History, written by the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius, is one of the most extraordinary and scandalous documents to have survived from the early Byzantine period....
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A Bit Hyperbolic
- By HalfWit on 10-13-19
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16. The Secret History
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-24-18
- Language: English
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The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
- By: Andrew Wheatcroft
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations....
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Look elsewhere
- By Ben H. on 09-20-21
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17. The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-06-20
- Language: English
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Lords of the Horizons
- A History of the Ottoman Empire
- By: Jason Goodwin
- Narrated by: Grahame Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts....
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Good introduction to the Ottomans, bad narration
- By Skeptical on 06-06-18
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18. Lords of the Horizons
- A History of the Ottoman Empire
- Narrated by: Grahame Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 03-20-18
- Language: English
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The Damascus Events
- The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- By: Eugene Rogan
- Narrated by: Ronan Summers
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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An award-winning scholar’s account of an ancient city’s descent into unprecedented communal violence—an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East
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Facts and facts, not bias
- By maher dahdel on 08-11-24
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19. The Damascus Events
- The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- Narrated by: Ronan Summers
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Fall of Constantinople, and the Life of Suleiman the Magnificent
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Desmond Manny, Duke Holm
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then pay attention....
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Narrators do not know how to pronounce words
- By Cynthia Clough on 11-08-23
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20. Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Fall of Constantinople, and the Life of Suleiman the Magnificent
- Narrated by: Desmond Manny, Duke Holm
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-14-19
- Language: English
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