Middle Eastern History

History of the Middle East: Melting Pot - Holy Wars & Holy Cities - from the Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Today’s Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq, and Egypt - Shaping the Near East History

By: Raymond C. Nelson

Narrated by: Trevor Clinger

How did a fertile region turn humankind from small tribes of hunter-gatherers into the civilizations we know today?

Where did writing, culture, and agriculture begin?

How did the belief in a single, all-powerful God sprout and thrive in a world where people worshiped many different gods?

These are just some of the questions you’ll find answers to in History of the Middle East: Melting Pot - Holy Wars & Holy Cities - From the Sumerians to the Ottoman Empire and Today’s Nation States: Israel, Iran, Iraq, and Egypt - Shaping the Near East History.

The Middle East is the cradle of civilization - where humankind once roamed in small groups of hunter-gatherers and foraged for food and shelter, then learned to plant crops and build structures. Today, we are an advanced civilization that has conquered the skies, oceans, and even the moon. To understand how this transformation occurred, take a brief trip back into the history of the Middle East, where it all began.

Go back to the origins of humankind, where two rivers formed the Fertile Crescent and civilization sprouted.

Hear the Abrahamic Religions bud in the Levant along the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and develop into Judaism and Christianity.

Listen as the steady march of empires hold sway over Middle Eastern trade, resources, religion and culture for millennia.

Visit the sacred cities whose connections to holy people and events sparked bitter conflict.

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Far too short and the reader was horrendous

I rather enjoy the history of the Middle East which is why it is sad that I did not enjoy this book. First off, I love learning about the history of the region but this book doesn't cover nearly enough about anything. It is too brief and the voice was at times so monotonous I found myself falling asleep while trying to listen to one of my favorite subjects. Not a good sign in my opinion. Not only was the reader not very appealing to listen to but was full of pronunciation errors. Sorry to say I wouldn't recommend.

Poor Quality

A disappointing book. The narrator was monotone if robotic voice which the book hard to follow

Middle Eastern Overview with Atrocious Narration

Another Nelson book that provides a basic overview of Middle Eastern history from Sumer and Mesopotamia to more or less the modern day - not huge amounts of detail but enough to find details of what you're interested in. The narration however is simply a disaster. I swear this was a text to voice reading... apparently Constantinople is Constanople as well... I cannot overstate how bad this reading is. please audible - hire me, I'll do better than this.

bad

not worth listening to. Very bad, superficial, and silly. I don't know why I bought it.

buy another book read by someone else

the dude that reads it needs some personality. the vocals are garbage.. I want a refund!