Central Asia History

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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: 01-06-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 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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    • 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: 12-10-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 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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    • 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: 18-09-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 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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    • Exploring the Roof of the World
    • By: John Keay
    • Narrated by: Nick Holbek
    • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-2022
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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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    • How the Mongols Changed the World
    • By: Marie Favereau
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 14-09-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 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 Soviet War in Afghanistan
    • By: Gregory Feifer
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 28-01-2009
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 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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    • America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
    • By: Carlotta Gall
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 29-06-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 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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    • 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: 22-08-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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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    • 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: 27-10-2011
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan....

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    • By: Colin Thubron
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 15-08-2007
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Colin Thubron undertakes a journey along the greatest land route on earth: the Silk Road....

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    • A Cultural and Political History
    • By: Thomas Barfield
    • Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
    • Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 21-09-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 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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    • 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: 17-01-2023
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 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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    • By: David McMillan
    • Narrated by: David McMillan
    • Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • 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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    • By: G. I. Gurdjieff
    • Narrated by: Jim Wentland
    • Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 25-05-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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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    • 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: 05-11-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 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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    • Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China
    • By: Christopher I. Beckwith
    • Narrated by: Jim Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 17-01-2023
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This audiobook narrated by Jim Lee provides a rich, discovery-filled account of how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world....

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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: 23-06-2004
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 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....

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    • The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy
    • By: John Prevas
    • Narrated by: Brad Raymond
    • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-2017
    • Language: English
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    • According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim....

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