The Ancient History of the Near East

De: Henry R. Hall

Narrado por: Andrea Giordani

Henry Reginald Holland Hall (1873-1930) was an English Egyptologist and historian. His in-depth study of the ancient near east examines the region’s civilizations and history, starting with the early Bronze age civilizations such as that of the Minoans on Crete. He explores the history of ancient Egypt in detail, and the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Iran, like Babylonia, Assyria and Persia.

In addition, Hall compares the archaeological evidence from Syria, Palestine and Israel with the writings of the Old Testament to provide a fascinating account of the ancient Phoenicians, Philistines, Hebrews and Aramaeans.

Public Domain (P)2020 Museum Audiobooks

Garbage

Used racist terms and stereotypes. Draws conclusions from scant or nonexistent data. The speakers style is halting and at very difficult to understand.

please tell the author not to refer to dark skin

the idea that an author would refer to dark-skinned people as Negroes is offencive and I'm trying to get my money back

You need the written book alongside

The narrator does not know the subject so names are mispronounced. This is made worse because she does not pause at full stop, so you do not know whether a new sentence has begun.

One example: “His son, Ur-Ningirsu, was compelled to submit to the power of a new dynasty, also Sumerian, which had arisen at Ur. Dungi, the second king of this dynasty, who reigned for fifty-eight years...”
In this example Dungi, the second king of a new dynasty at Ur is confused into a place called Ur-Dungi. This mistake would easily have been avoided by a narrator who had known that Ur is the name of an ancient city.