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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer
jacobshane's review
4.0
I greatly enjoyed this overview of the ancient world. This book, although a large book, was an easy read and I felt unable to put the book down. I also enjoyed that the author decided to incorporate history from all over the world. I learned quite a bit about societies and civilizations that I haven't studied before.
m3rcenary's review
adventurous
medium-paced
5.0
I read a lot of ancient history. This is my favourite book. The author makes the world come alive, and has great nuance.
heatherv1020's review
4.0
Baer is an incredible conversationalist. 777 pages of war peppered with humorous, relative footnotes. While the world was very much dependent on battle to determine land lines, I wasn’t prepared for the lack of cultural defense or exposition. Will still read her other compositions as I appreciate her worldview.
dealingwithdragons's review against another edition
I'll probably get back to this in print at some point, but I just could not deal with the narrator.
leilaghanbar's review
4.0
I listedn to this book for 25 hours. It was interesting. There are so many things in hitory that are simply not told or overlooked. It was cery nice listening to it. However, since it is a history non-fixtion audio book, it was difficult sometimea to catch up. Long sentences made me forget who were we talking about. Every now and then a name would be mentioned and afterwards it was only he or she that was difficult to follow.
There were of course gaps in some places that were not mentioned. I am assuming that when there was no victorious king or queen in a region or a specific event, the author skipped talking about themz which is understandable, considering how long the book already is. But over all, it was good. I enjoyed listening to it as many twisted happened in the history where kings were betrayed by queens and daughters by fathers... recommended only if you enjoy history, of course.
There were of course gaps in some places that were not mentioned. I am assuming that when there was no victorious king or queen in a region or a specific event, the author skipped talking about themz which is understandable, considering how long the book already is. But over all, it was good. I enjoyed listening to it as many twisted happened in the history where kings were betrayed by queens and daughters by fathers... recommended only if you enjoy history, of course.
bibliobethreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.0
awishman's review
4.0
This book helped me get a firmer grasp on knowing what I don't know about ancient history.
borumi's review
보통 역사책을 읽으면 전 통합된 역사책보다는 한 period를 중심적으로 깊게 읽는 역사책을 읽기 때문에
이런 역사책을 읽으니 참 낯설어요^^;;;
일단 하루에 두 챕터만 읽는데도 워낙 페이스가 빠르다보니..
별로 많이 나오지 않는데도 인물 이름도 외우기 힘들고;;;
나라가 세워지나 싶으면 금새 또 망하고...왕이 정말 정권을 얻자마자 금방 죽거나 usurp되고..
고대사여서 글도 없고 고고학 자료 등에 의존해야 되서 정보가 적은 것도 있겠지만
정말 skim한다는 의미가 이런거구나..하고 생각이 들었습니다.
덕분에 더 big picture를 보기도 쉽지만 나름 장단점이 있는듯하네요..
그나저나.. e-book으로 보니 뒤에 있는 reference 찾기가 좋은 점은 있는데..
그림 같은 것 볼때가 참 거슬리네요..;;;;
앞으로 세계사 북클럽은 e-book과 종이책을 함께 봐야할까요;;;;
으으..지갑의 압박이;;;;
이런 역사책을 읽으니 참 낯설어요^^;;;
일단 하루에 두 챕터만 읽는데도 워낙 페이스가 빠르다보니..
별로 많이 나오지 않는데도 인물 이름도 외우기 힘들고;;;
나라가 세워지나 싶으면 금새 또 망하고...왕이 정말 정권을 얻자마자 금방 죽거나 usurp되고..
고대사여서 글도 없고 고고학 자료 등에 의존해야 되서 정보가 적은 것도 있겠지만
정말 skim한다는 의미가 이런거구나..하고 생각이 들었습니다.
덕분에 더 big picture를 보기도 쉽지만 나름 장단점이 있는듯하네요..
그나저나.. e-book으로 보니 뒤에 있는 reference 찾기가 좋은 점은 있는데..
그림 같은 것 볼때가 참 거슬리네요..;;;;
앞으로 세계사 북클럽은 e-book과 종이책을 함께 봐야할까요;;;;
으으..지갑의 압박이;;;;