Central Asia History

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    • Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
    • By: S. Frederick Starr
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 25 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 512 ratings
    • Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement, seeks to explain its rise, and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise....

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    • A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
    • By: Adeeb Khalid
    • Narrated by: Aaqil Ahmed
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars 81 ratings
    • Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-18th century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule....

    $23.36 or free with 30-day trial

    • A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
    • By: Christopher I. Beckwith
    • Narrated by: Jim Lee
    • Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.2 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • With narration by Jim Lee, who tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Silk Road empires....

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    • The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
    • By: Peter Hopkirk
    • Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
    • Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars 760 ratings
    • The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams....

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    • The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
    • By: Raoul McLaughlin
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars 159 ratings
    • The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran)....

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    • Conqueror of the Earth
    • By: Harold Lamb
    • Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.0 out of 5 stars 315 ratings
    • Harold Lamb brings the mighty Tatar leader Tamerlane to vivid life and shows how this ruthless commander used his superior intellect and magnetic leadership to overcome one obstacle after another....

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    • A New History
    • By: Valerie Hansen
    • Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 07-31-18
    • Language: English
    • 3.9 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archaeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes....

    $17.19 or free with 30-day trial

    • Power and Money in Central Asia
    • By: Alexander A. Cooley PhD, John Heathershaw
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 3.9 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics, and security dynamics....

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    • The Soviet War in Afghanistan
    • By: Gregory Feifer
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 268 ratings
    • In gripping detail, Gregory Feifer vividly depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the History of a Vast Region Containing Countries Such as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma, and More
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.3 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • This audiobook covers ancient Southeast Asia, the mid-period, colonialism, World War Two occupation by the Japanese, the aftermath of the war, and the subsequent revolutions. The history of this region is a riveting story full of all manner of plot twists and developments....

    $14.95 or free with 30-day trial

    • Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
    • By: Husain Haqqani
    • Narrated by: Ralph Lister
    • Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 237 ratings
    • A character-driven history that describes the alliance between America and Pakistan, written by a uniquely insightful participant: Pakistan's former ambassador to the US....

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    • By: Risbek or Richard Hewitt
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 55 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-25
    • Language: English
    • 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Wanderer left ancient footprints on the Silk Road. This short story captures local views about Central Asia's legendary saint, the Wanderer, ...

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    • His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy
    • By: Frank McLynn
    • Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
    • Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.2 out of 5 stars 180 ratings
    • Frank McLynn brings vividly to life the strange world of the Mongols and describes Temujin's rise from boyhood outcast to becoming Genghis Khan....

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    • The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
    • By: Steve Coll
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 26 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,304 ratings
    • The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan....

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    • Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
    • By: Robert D. Kaplan
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 08-22-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.7 out of 5 stars 81 ratings
    • Robert D. Kaplan explores Greater Middle East through reporting and travel writing to reveal deeper truths about the impacts of history on the present and how the requirements of stability over anarchy are often in conflict with the ideals of democratic governance.

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    • How the Mongols Changed the World
    • By: Marie Favereau
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 09-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.3 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
    • Favereau takes us inside one of the most powerful sources of cross-border integration in world history. The Horde was the central node in the Eurasian commercial boom of the 13th and 14th centuries and was a conduit for exchanges across thousands of miles....

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    • The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
    • By: George Crile
    • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
    • Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 06-23-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.3 out of 5 stars 4,295 ratings
    • Charlie Wilson's War is the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam....

    $27.48 or free with 30-day trial

    • A Cultural and Political History
    • By: Thomas Barfield
    • Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars 238 ratings
    • Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the Taliban resurgence today....

    $29.95 or free with 30-day trial

    • By: G. I. Gurdjieff
    • Narrated by: Jim Wentland
    • Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Exactly a month has elapsed since I finished the first series of my writings—just that period of the flow of time which I intended to devote exclusively to resting the parts of my common presence subordinate to my pure reason....

    $24.95 or free with 30-day trial