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King of the World The Life of Cyrus the Great [Audiobook]

Baturi 09 July 2022 39 0
King of the World The Life of Cyrus the Great [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B0B47QHDM8 | 2022 | 7 hours and 12 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 198 MB
The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to Northeastern Africa and from Southeastern Europe to the Indus Valley. It was the dominant geopolitical force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in the 330s BCE. Much of the empire's territory was conquered by its founder, Cyrus the Great, who reigned from 559-530 BCE. Cyrus became a legend in his own lifetime, and his career inspired keen interest from Persia's unruly neighbors to the west, the ancient Greeks. The idealized portrait of Cyrus by the Greek Xenophon had a profound impact on ancient, medieval, and early modern debates about rulership.

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Kearny's March The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847 [Audiobook]

Baturi 09 July 2022 45 0
Kearny's March The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847 [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B09V6V89MS | 2022 | 12 hours and 5 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 659 MB
In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with two thousand soldiers, bound for California. At the time, the nation was hell-bent on expansion: James K. Polk had lately won the presidency by threatening England over the borders in Oregon, while Congress had just voted, in defiance of the Mexican government, to annex Texas. After Mexico declared war on the United States, Kearny's Army of the West was sent out, carrying orders to occupy Mexican territory. When his expedition ended a year later, the country had doubled in size and now stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific, fulfilling what many saw as the nation's unique destiny—and at the same time setting the stage for the American Civil War.