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Our Oriental Heritage

Audiobook

The first volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize–winning series, Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia. In this masterful work, readers will encounter:

Sumeria, birthplace of the first cities and written lawsthe Egyptians, who perfected monumental architecture, medicine, and mummification more than 3,500 years agothe Babylonians, who developed astronomy and physics, and planted the seeds of Western mythologythe Judeans, who preserved their culture forever in the immortal books of the Old Testamentthe Persians, who ruled the largest empire in recorded history before RomeIndian philosophy, Chinese philosophers, and Japanese samurais

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Series: The Story of Civilization Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781483073538
  • File size: 1448504 KB
  • Release date: October 15, 2013
  • Duration: 50:17:42

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781483073538
  • File size: 1448773 KB
  • Release date: October 15, 2013
  • Duration: 50:17:13
  • Number of parts: 54

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OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

subjects

History Nonfiction

Languages

English

The first volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize–winning series, Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia. In this masterful work, readers will encounter:

Sumeria, birthplace of the first cities and written lawsthe Egyptians, who perfected monumental architecture, medicine, and mummification more than 3,500 years agothe Babylonians, who developed astronomy and physics, and planted the seeds of Western mythologythe Judeans, who preserved their culture forever in the immortal books of the Old Testamentthe Persians, who ruled the largest empire in recorded history before RomeIndian philosophy, Chinese philosophers, and Japanese samurais

Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Blackstone Publishing
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781483073538
    File size: 1448504 KB
    Release date: October 15, 2013
    Duration: 50:17:42

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781483073538
    File size: 1448773 KB
    Release date: October 15, 2013
    Duration: 50:17:13
    Number of parts: 54

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English