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El Imperio Romano fue una de las fuerzas más imponentes del mundo antiguo. Esta no es solo la historia de la conquista o su increíble organización, o de las instituciones que lo hicieron posible. El Imperio Romano no es otro aburrido cuento histórico. Por el contrario, despierta nuestra imaginación, nuestros miedos y hasta nos entretiene.

The Vikings were exceptional boat builders, seafarers, adventures, and explorers. They not only raided and attacked settlements across Europe and Britain, but they also sailed far and wide, discovering and colonizing new lands. Their impact on history is far-reaching and the mark that they made on the world, especially during the Viking Age, can still be seen today. In this audiobook, you will learn about the world that shaped Leif Erikson and made him into an adventurous man who was not afraid to sail into the unknown to discover new lands.

Cinco manuscritos completos en un audiolibro: Augusto: Una Fascinante Guía del Primer Emperador de Roma y de Cómo Gobernó el Imperio Romano, Tiberio, Nerón, Constantino El Grande y Justiniano I. ¡Escuche este audiolibro ahora y aprenda más sobre emperadores romanos!

Nero’s extravagance has become nothing short of legendary. In its day, it was incredibly destructive to his people, particularly after the Great Fire of Rome - a fire that he may have even started. Instead of assisting the ten districts that had been damaged by the fire, Nero took advantage of the extra space to build himself a golden palace. He murdered, among others, his own mother, his ex-wife, and his stepbrother. He was additionally a rapist, a child molester, and a brutal abuser.

El mundo antiguo albergó algunas de las mayores civilizaciones de la historia. Los egipcios, los griegos, los babilonios y otros pueblos quisieron dejar su huella en la historia para que otros recordaran su grandeza. Y qué mejor manera de explorar esa grandeza que examinar algunas de las mayores maravillas que el mundo ha conocido?

Explore the captivating life of Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong is recognized as one of the most influential figures of modern Chinese history. As the founding father of the People’s Republic of China and the centerpiece of one of the world’s most intense personality cults, the extent of his influence is difficult to understate. This biography details Mao’s remarkable journey from the son of a peasant to one of modern history’s greatest, and highly polarizing, leaders. It aims to provide a better understanding of Mao, his personality traits, and personal experiences that shaped his worldview.

The seeds of the Cold War were sown toward the end of World War II. During the war, the US and the Soviet Union were reluctant partners. But as is often the case in history, despite their differences, America and Soviet Russia had a common enemy that brought them together - Nazi Germany. But soon after Truman was elected president, American and Soviet relations began to go south. Before the war was over, disagreements arose over how the postwar world should be administered.

Brazil has a rich and complicated history that few outside South America know about. It leads the world in some of the most profitable exports (gold, sugar, oil, and coffee), yet Brazil has one of the largest wealth disparities in the world, being known for crime and poverty.

In the popular imagination, Attila the Hun is among the most barbaric leaders ever. His warriors have the reputation of being ruthless, cruel, and bloodthirsty, as the Huns are believed to have been savages lacking any semblance of civilized culture. The reputation of Attila and his people, the Huns, is at odds with reality. But examining the few historical records of his character and deeds reveal quite a different story.

If you want to discover the captivating history of Sparta, then this four-in-one audiobook is for you. It includes: Spartans, The Greco-Persian Wars, The Battle of Thermopylae, and The Peloponnesian War. Learn about the Spartnas, their government, military, society, and the battles they fought.

The Battle of Stalingrad is rightfully known as the “turning point” of the Second World War. Before the battle, which took place from August 1942 until the beginning of February 1943, the Germans were victorious everywhere, despite some localized setbacks (for example, at Moscow in 1941). After Stalingrad, the Germans were constantly pushed back, with some notable examples being Kursk in the summer of 1943 and the Bulge in 1944.

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Sarmatians and Scythians, then pay attention.... Masters of the horse, the Scythians and Sarmatians opened the Eurasian Steppe to nomadic civilizations like it had never seen before. For the first time, a group of tribes sharing a common culture called the Steppe their home, adapting themselves to its harshness.

La Guerra de Vietnam representó un hito no solo en la historia estadounidense y vietnamita, sino también a nivel internacional. No fue solo una batalla entre dos naciones, sino entre dos ideologías, dos estrategias militares y una lucha por los corazones y las mentes de dos poblaciones nacionales muy diferentes. ¡Obtén el audiolibro ahora para aprender más sobre la Guerra de Vietnam!

The Cultural Revolution, known in full as the “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution”, was launched by Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China, as a means of quashing capitalism in China. Over the course of a decade, from the summer of 1966 to 1976, Mao Zedong implemented a number of changes that have led him to be known as one of the most brutal tyrants of the modern age. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cultural Revolution, purchase this book today.

El antiguo Egipto es una de las civilizaciones más fascinantes y sofisticadas de la historia conocida. Los antiguos egipcios son recordados por sus dioses, pirámides, faraones, momificación, jeroglíficos, agricultura y mucho más. Este libro revela los secretos del fascinante mundo del antiguo Egipto, las intrigantes historias de sus celebridades, como Akenatón, Ramsés el Grande, la Reina Cleopatra y el niño Rey Tut.

Did you know that it was during the New Kingdom period that ancient Egyptian kings started calling themselves “pharaohs"? Previously, they were simply referred to as kings. But the fact that we call all of them pharaohs today speaks about how important and influential the New Kingdom was. It is also the most researched period of ancient Egyptian history because it has an abundance of surviving evidence. This is also the time when some of the best-known pharaohs ruled, such as Ahmose, Hatshepsut, Thutmose, Nefertiti, and Ramses II.

Explore la fascinante historia y mitología de los mayas. En esta fascinante guía usted descubrirá por qué los mayas han alcanzado tal admiración alrededor del mundo por encima de las muchas otras civilizaciones que existieron en Mesoamérica en aquel tiempo. Conocerá la forma en que se desarrolló la civilización maya, los principales puntos de inflexión en sus 3000 años de historia, los misterios en relación con su caída y algunos de los lugares exclusivos en los que los mayas existen hasta el día de hoy.

In diesem Buch werden Sie entdecken, was die Habsburger Unterlippe ist, wie eine Familie sich die Europäische Union ausmalte und wie der Konservatismus ein Reich ruinieren kann. Die Geschichte der Habsburger umfasst mehrere Zeitalter und jeder Herrscher war einzigartig und verdient unsere Aufmerksamkeit.

La enorme cantidad de combatientes que periódicamente zarpaban hacia el Cercano Oriente para luchar contra los musulmanes son una prueba de la popularidad generalizada del aventurerismo en el extranjero en ese momento. La idea de una cruzada, en la que grandes ejércitos procedentes de varias regiones de Europa se reunían con el fin de luchar contra los musulmanes turcos y árabes, quedó tan arraigada que se amplió para incluir a las cruzadas contra las sectas cristianas europeas heréticas.

The bulk of the audiobook will deal with what Vlad’s political career looked like, what wars he waged, and how his life eventually ended. But we’ll go one step beyond and cover some areas that historians don’t typically focus on. In addition to raw facts, we’ll also focus on what Vlad III’s character was, what drove him forward, and what his chief traits might have been.