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- A Captivating Introduction to the Rise and Fall of Mesopotamian Civilizations and Empires
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Did you know that the first early battery and diving apparatus were invented in ancient Mesopotamia?
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is called the “cradle of civilization”, and for good reason! Although Mesopotamia’s first civilization, Sumer, developed parallel with those of Egypt and nearby Elam, it was a place of many firsts for humanity. Some of them are well known, such as the wheel and the writing script. But it was the ancient Mesopotamians who first came up with the concept of time, the mathematical sexagesimal system, and a calendar with 12 months. It is all these inventions and ideas that set Mesopotamia apart from other civilizations that developed at approximately the same time.
There are so many interesting facts about the history and life of the people in Mesopotamia. By listening to this audiobook, you will find out:
- How agriculture and the domestication of animals led to the development of the world’s earliest civilization.
- Who were the peoples that occupied the region of Mesopotamia and came up with epics such as Gilgamesh?
- Who was Sargon of Akkad, and how did he rise to power to unite the cities and form one of the world’s first empires?
- How the first cuneiform script was invented and how it changed over time to fit the many languages spoken in the Akkadian Empire.
- Why a new local ruler was needed to found the Third Dynasty of Ur.
- Who was Hammurabi, and why was he so important for the history of humankind?
- Why was Babylon obscured by Assyria?
- What role the Chaldeans played in the Assyrian Empire.
- And so much more!
Scroll up and buy today to learn more about this incredible time in history!
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Africa is the continent where the first humans were born. They explored the vast land and produced the first tools. And although we migrated from that continent, we never completely abandoned it. From the beginning of time, humans lived and worked in Africa, leaving evidence of their existence in the sands of the Sahara Desert and the valleys of the great rivers such as the Nile and the Niger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wealth of information about African history
- De Windchill-06 en 02-20-21
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The Kingdom of Kush
- A Captivating Guide to an Ancient African Kingdom in Nubia That Once Ruled Egypt
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Jason Zenobia
- Duración: 3 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
The kingdom of Kush was completely forgotten once it met its end. The stories of its might didn’t survive in the cultures of its successor kingdoms, possibly because Christianization soon followed, which required the people of the Nubian region to turn toward the East and the myths of the Christian messiah.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for history buffs!
- De Gwendolyn Hogue en 02-05-24
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Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 231
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 231
This thorough guide explores those civilizations that have faded from the pages of our textbooks but played a significant role in the development of modern society. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World covers the Hyksos to the Hephthalites and everyone in between, providing a unique overview of humanity's history from approximately 3000 BCE-550 CE. Each entry exposes a diverse culture, highlighting their important contributions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping and seamless
- De Mike Heim en 05-13-21
De: Philip Matyszak
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 114
To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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The Roman Empire
- The Amazing History of a Great Empire That Has Fallen
- De: Kelly Mass, Summaries from History
- Narrado por: Miriam Webster
- Duración: 3 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 101
The Roman Empire has been in the spotlight for ages. It has been studied, research, and taught in schools across the world. Inventions, words, vocabulary, and philosophy have been derived from those important transition in human history. The Romans were ruthless in some ways yet civilized in others. They were a peculiar people who did things differently than those they called barbarians. Their warfare, their habits, their vision of the future...these all made their empire what it became. What is that makes us so obsessed with this particular time period?
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is great
- De Edwin en 09-26-19
De: Kelly Mass, y otros
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Inca Apocalypse
- The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World
- De: R. Alan Covey
- Narrado por: Gary Tiedemann
- Duración: 19 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Previous accounts of the fall of the Inca empire have played up the importance of the events of one violent day in November 1532 at the highland Andean town of Cajamarca. To some, the "Cajamarca miracle" - in which Francisco Pizarro and a small contingent of Spaniards captured an Inca who led an army numbering in the tens of thousands - demonstrated the intervention of divine providence. To others, the outcome was simply the result of European technological and immunological superiority.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Comparison
- De Than en 12-28-20
De: R. Alan Covey
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 18 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 913
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 908
In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire - 3,000 years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters. Award-winning scholar Toby Wilkinson captures not only the lavish pomp and artistic grandeur of this land of pyramids and pharaohs but for the first time reveals the constant propaganda and repression that were its foundations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Written and Detailed
- De Matthew G. en 01-26-18
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Lost Islamic History
- Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
- De: Firas Alkhateeb
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Over the last 1,400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities, and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched from southern France to East Africa and South East Asia. Yet many of the contributions of Muslim thinkers, scientists, and theologians, not to mention rulers, statesmen, and soldiers, have been occluded. This book rescues from oblivion and neglect some of these personalities and institutions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narration
- De Jamal en 06-19-22
De: Firas Alkhateeb
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The Greeks
- A Global History
- De: Roderick Beaton
- Narrado por: Anna Crowe
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek speakers produced a series of civilizations that were rooted in southeastern Europe but again and again ranged widely across the globe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Ethnography of the Greeks
- De gmurphy92 en 03-27-22
De: Roderick Beaton
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The Assyrians: The History of the Most Prominent Empire of the Ancient Near East
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Tom McElroy
- Duración: 1 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out. Forced removal of entire populations, sieges that decimated entire cities, and wanton destruction of property were all tactics used by the various peoples of the ancient Near East against each other, but the Assyrians were the first people to make war a science.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A nice but brief summary.
- De Lance E. Edens en 12-23-15
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A Brief History of China
- Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
- De: Jonathan Clements
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
In his retelling of a Chinese history stretching back 5,000 years, author and China-expert Jonathan Clements focuses on the human stories which led to the powerful transformations in Chinese society - from the unification of China under its first emperor, Qinshi Huangdi, to the Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan and the consolidation of Communist rule under Mao Zedong. Clements even brings listeners through to the present day, outlining China's economic renaissance under Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Succinct and detailed overview of a huge topic
- De Stephen Sheafer en 08-19-20
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Thebes
- The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
- De: Paul Cartledge
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Among the extensive writing available about the history of ancient Greece, there is precious little about the city-state of Thebes. At one point the most powerful city in ancient Greece, Thebes has been long overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. In Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece, acclaimed classicist and historian Paul Cartledge brings the city vividly to life and argues that it is central to our understanding of the ancient Greeks' achievements - whether politically or culturally.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Why is this author considered an expert scholar of Ancient Greece?
- De DaneDeer en 11-06-20
De: Paul Cartledge
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God's Shadow
- Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
- De: Alan Mikhail
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 185
Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. Yet, despite its towering influence and centrality to the rise of our modern world, the Ottoman Empire's history has for centuries been distorted, misrepresented, and even suppressed in the West. Now Alan Mikhail presents a vitally needed recasting of Ottoman history, retelling the story of the Ottoman conquest of the world through the dramatic biography of Sultan Selim I (1470-1520).
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1 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining narrative, but poor scholarship
- De Yosemite en 09-15-20
De: Alan Mikhail
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Ravenna
- Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
- De: Judith Herrin
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 19 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worthy book, stingy production.
- De Stephen Chakwin en 12-13-20
De: Judith Herrin
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Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour
- De: Anthony Holmes
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 1 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 87
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing - the Pyramids of Giza. Exploring the historic rise of Egyptian civilization and its continued influence on the world today, Ancient Egypt in an Hour is an excellent companion to a mysterious and enthralling period of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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very interesting topic worth a listen
- De Doug W en 01-21-20
De: Anthony Holmes
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The Hyksos
- The History of the Foreign Invaders Who Conquered Ancient Egypt and Established the Fifteenth Dynasty
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
During Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, a mysterious foreign group of people, known as the Hyksos, conquered Egypt and established the 15th and 16th Dynasties some time shortly after 1700 BCE. For centuries, the Hyksos rule over Egypt was an enigma shrouded in half-truths and myth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is more about what the Hyksos is not, this what it is.
- De cpdb en 12-17-19
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In God's Path
- The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
- De: Robert G. Hoyland
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 226
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 196
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 198
In just over a hundred years - from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 - the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far flung as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in China. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its greatest expansion, and it was claimed for the Arabs in roughly half the time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Islamic conquest history from the outside
- De SAMA en 01-22-15
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Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali
- Musa’s Development of Timbuktu and His Legacy as the Richest Man in the World
- De: Jason Watson
- Narrado por: Cassius Bunyan
- Duración: 1 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Africa in the 13th century lay in ruins due to countless civil wars and the ensuing famine. Amid the hopelessness arose a man who began to rebuild the ravaged diaspora. He instituted a government that was so efficient at managing the country of Mali that soon it was the most progressive nation on the continent. Not long after, one by one, the neighboring countries began to join the fold, until all of West Africa constituted a single empire.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don’t bother
- De Cheapsk8 en 09-02-22
De: Jason Watson