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Fall of Civilizations

Stories of Greatness and Decline

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Fall of Civilizations

By: Paul Cooper
Narrated by: Paul Cooper
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"A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive."-The Times

Based on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.

Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world. Ancient Civilization World Ancient History Africa Middle East Ancient Greece
Fascinating Historical Content • Captivating Civilizational Stories • Engaging Narration • Comprehensive Research

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I have been listening to this authors podcast for years. He does such great work and I loved listening to this. Whenever I am stuck at what to listen to I go back to this audiobook.

As good as the podcast!

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Liked the variety of civilizations covered; was hoping to hear about the culture of the Great Zimbabwe but it was relatively short-lived so I understand why it didn't make the cut.

History is comforting

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It's all in the title. Loved the book, great entertaining and informative listen. The podcast is great too!

New fave book to tell people about

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Really in depth storytelling I was captivated by the stories of long distant civilizations and really enjoyed the narration.

Captivating

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shorter than the episodes that were on TV however if you are not familiar with the podcast on YouTube definitely read the book or have the book read to you because you're a lazy bastard that doesn't want to read and then listen to the podcast and you two can have a YouTube PhD in ancient history

19 to 20 hours of the most horrific torture of human beings and descriptions that you could get

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