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: 12-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 78 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: 01-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 14 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....

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    • 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: 17-01-23
    • Language: English
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    • With narration by Jim Lee, who tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Silk Road empires....

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    • Exploring the Roof of the World
    • By: John Keay
    • Narrated by: Nick Holbek
    • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Himalaya is one of the world's most extraordinary geophysical, historical, environmental and social regions. Historian John Keay introduces us to the myriad mysteries of this vast, confounding and utterly fascinating corner of the planet....

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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: 18-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 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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    • 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: 03-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 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....

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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: 27-10-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 131 ratings
    • The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan....

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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: 14-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 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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    • Why the Most Powerful Armies of Their Time Found Only Defeat or Shame in This Land of Endless Wars
    • By: John A. Tyler
    • Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
    • Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-21
    • Language: English
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    • During the spring and summer of 2021, global news reports were filled with the impending US/NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan. At best, it would be viewed as a stalemate, with an orderly transition to a stable, US-backed Afghan government. At worse, it would be looked upon as two decades....

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    • The Soviet War in Afghanistan
    • By: Gregory Feifer
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 28-01-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 68 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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    • By: Colin Thubron
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 15-08-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
    • Colin Thubron undertakes a journey along the greatest land route on earth: the Silk Road....

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    • By: David McMillan
    • Narrated by: David McMillan
    • Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-21
    • Language: English
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    • Unforgiving Destiny follows the true story of the 37-year pursuit by authorities on five continents to imprison and execute David McMillan as he travelled as an independent smuggler. Dogged by an obsessed DEA agent, he evades the death penalty in Thailand by escaping prison....

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    • A Cultural and Political History
    • By: Thomas Barfield
    • Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 21-09-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 38 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....

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    • America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
    • By: Carlotta Gall
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 29-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • A journalist with deep knowledge of the region provides "an enthralling and largely firsthand account of the war in Afghanistan" (Financial Times)....

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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: 23-06-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 104 ratings
    • The movie adaptation of Charlie Wilson's War has been nominated for a 2008 Academy Award.
      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....

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    • The Reawakening of Mongol Asia
    • By: Peter Jackson
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 26-03-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • An epic account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire.

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    • By: G. I. Gurdjieff
    • Narrated by: Jim Wentland
    • Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 25-05-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 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....

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