The Story of the World

Other by Susan Wise Bauer

Released 24 October 2023

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Introduction - Chapter 5
  • 1
    Foreword
    3:43
  • 2
    Ch 01 - The Glory That Was Rome - Wandering Through the Roman Empire
    7:33
  • 3
    Ch 01 - The Glory That Was Rome - The Fall of Rome
    4:54
  • 4
    Ch 02 - The Early Days of Britain - The Celts of Britian
    6:28
  • 5
    Ch 02 - The Early Days of Britain - Barbarians Come to Britian
    2:58
  • 6
    Ch 02 - The Early Days of Britain - Beowulf the Hero
    6:30
  • 7
    Ch 03 - Christianity Comes to Britain - Augustine Comes to England
    5:46
  • 8
    Ch 03 - Christianity Comes to Britain - Medieval Monasteries
    4:27
  • 9
    Ch 03 - Christianity Comes to Britain - Writing Books by Hand
    4:34
  • 10
    Ch 04 - The Byzantine Empire - The Beauty of Constantinople
    4:42
  • 11
    Ch 04 - The Byzantine Empire - Justinia, the Just Emperor
    5:22
  • 12
    Ch 04 - The Byzantine Empire - The Empress Theodora
    5:05
  • 13
    Ch 04 - The Byzantine Empire - The Church in the East
    7:39
  • 14
    Ch 05 - The Medieval Indian Empire - A King Named Skandagupta
    6:26
  • CD 2: Chapter 5 - Chapter 10
  • 1
    Ch 05 - The Medieval Indian Empire - Monks in Caves
    4:33
  • 2
    Ch 06 - The Rise of Islam - Muhammad's Vision
    4:13
  • 3
    Ch 06 - The Rise of Islam - Muhammad Flees to Medina
    5:45
  • 4
    Ch 06 - The Rise of Islam - The Koran: Islam's Holy Book
    3:41
  • 5
    Ch 07 - Islam Becomes an Empire - The Fight for Mecca
    4:34
  • 6
    Ch 07 - Islam Becomes an Empire - The Spread of Islam
    3:24
  • 7
    Ch 07 - Islam Becomes an Empire - The City of Baghdad
    8:48
  • 8
    Ch 07 - Islam Becomes an Empire - Sinbad in the Valley of Snakes
    5:02
  • 9
    Ch 08 - The Great Dynasties of China - Yang Chien Unites North and South
    5:17
  • 10
    Ch 08 - The Great Dynasties of China - The Tang Dynasty
    4:42
  • 11
    Ch 09 - Eas of China - The Yamato Dynasty of Japan
    6:49
  • 12
    Ch 09 - Eas of China - A Tale of Three Countries: Korea, China, and Japan
    5:35
  • 13
    Ch 10 - The Bottom of the World - The First People of Australia
    7:06
  • CD 3: Chapter 10 - Chapter 15
  • 1
    Ch 10 - The Bottom of the World - The Long Journey of the Maori
    6:28
  • 2
    Ch 11 - The Kingdom of the Franks - Clovis, the Ex-Barbarian
    7:41
  • 3
    Ch 11 - The Kingdom of the Franks - Four Tribes, One Empire
    4:00
  • 4
    Ch 12 - The Islamic Invasion - Islam in Spain and Africa
    5:11
  • 5
    Ch 13 - The Great Kings of France - Charles the Hammer
    4:12
  • 6
    Ch 13 - The Great Kings of France - The Greatest King: Charlemagne
    4:54
  • 7
    Ch 14 - The Arrival of the Norsemen - The Viking Invasion
    4:51
  • 8
    Ch 14 - The Arrival of the Norsemen - Eric the Red and "Eric's Son"
    7:28
  • 9
    Ch 14 - The Arrival of the Norsemen - The Norse Gods - Thor and the Giant King
    12:02
  • 10
    Ch 15 - The First Kings of England - The Vikings Invade England
    4:34
  • 11
    Ch 15 - The First Kings of England - Alfred the Great
    5:43
  • 12
    Ch 15 - The irst Kings of England - The Battle of Hastings
    7:06
  • CD 4: Chapter 16 - Chapter 19
  • 1
    Ch 16 - England After the Conquest
    7:25
  • 2
    Ch 16 - Serfs and Noblemen
    5:47
  • 3
    Ch 16 - Stone Castles
    7:11
  • 4
    Ch 17 - Knights and Samurai
    6:26
  • 5
    Ch 17 - The Samurai: Japanese Knights
    6:51
  • 6
    Ch 18 - The Age of Crusades
    6:54
  • 7
    Ch 18 - Recapturing Jerusalem
    6:10
  • 8
    Ch 18 - Saladin of Jerusalem
    6:27
  • 9
    Ch 18 - El Cid & the Reconquest of Spain
    6:20
  • 10
    Ch 19 - A New Kind of King
    6:27
  • CD 5: Chapter 19 - Chapter 23
  • 1
    Ch 19 - John Lackland and the Magna Carta
    6:07
  • 2
    Ch 19 - Robin Hood
    7:41
  • 3
    Ch 20 - The Diaspora
    5:12
  • 4
    Ch 20 - A Tale of the Diaspora
    6:29
  • 5
    Ch 21 - The Mongols Devastate the East
    6:14
  • 6
    Ch 21 - The Mongol Conquest of China
    5:16
  • 7
    Ch 22 - Exploring the Mysterious East
    6:42
  • 8
    Ch 22 - The Forbidden City of the Ming
    6:54
  • 9
    Ch 23 - The First Russians
    5:52
  • 10
    Ch 23 - Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible
    7:06
  • CD 6: Chapter 24 - Chapter 28
  • 1
    Ch 24 - The Ottoman Empire - The Ottoman Turks Attack - The Sheep-Rocks
    5:38
  • 2
    Ch 24 - The Ottoman Empire - The Capture of Constantinople
    7:36
  • 3
    Ch 24 - The Ottoman Empire - Suleiman the Lawgiver
    6:28
  • 4
    Ch 25 - The End of the World - The Plague
    6:53
  • 5
    Ch 25 - The End of the World - A New Way of Living
    5:49
  • 6
    Ch 26 - France and England at War - Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt
    7:36
  • 7
    Ch 26 - France and England at War - Joan of Arc
    7:08
  • 8
    Ch 27 - War for the English Throne - The Wars of the Roses
    7:42
  • 9
    Ch 27 - War for the English Throne - The Princes in the Tower
    7:56
  • 10
    Ch 28 - The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal - Ferdinand and Isabella Unite Spain
    6:54
  • 11
    Ch 28 - The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal - Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal
    6:47
  • CD 7: Chapter 29 - Chapter 32
  • 1
    Ch 29 - African Kingdoms - Gold, Salt, and Ghana
    6:35
  • 2
    Ch 29 - African Kingdoms - Mansa Musa of Mali
    5:41
  • 3
    Ch 29 - African Kingdoms - The Songhay Empire
    5:36
  • 4
    Ch 30 - India Under the Moghuls - The Moghul Dynasty
    7:25
  • 5
    Ch 30 - India Under the Moghuls - Akbar of India, The Bad-LuckServant
    7:03
  • 6
    Ch 31 - Exploring New Worlds - Christopher Columbus
    8:29
  • 7
    Ch 31 - Exploring New Worlds - Vespucci and Magellan
    6:43
  • 8
    Ch 32 - The American Kingdoms - The Mayans of Central America
    5:32
  • 9
    Ch 32 - The American Kingdoms - The Marvelous City of Tenochtitlan
    6:16
  • 10
    Ch 32 - The American Kingdoms - The Incas
    6:17
  • CD 8: Chapter 33 - Chapter 38
  • 1
    Ch 33 - Spain, Portugal, and the New World - The Slave Trade
    5:59
  • 2
    Ch 33 - Spain, Portugal, and the New World - Cortes and Montezuma
    7:52
  • 3
    Ch 34 - Martin Luther's New Ideas - Martin Luther's List
    6:32
  • 4
    Ch 34 - Martin Luther's New Ideas - Henry VIII's Problem
    8:31
  • 5
    Ch 35 - The Renaissance - A New Way of Thinking
    6:42
  • 6
    Ch 35 - The Renaissance - Gutenberg's Great Invention
    7:25
  • 7
    Ch 36 - Reformation and Counter Reformation - The Spread of the Reformation
    5:55
  • 8
    Ch 36 - Reformation and Counter Reformation - The Council of Trent
    4:18
  • 9
    Ch 37 - The New Universe - The Revolution of Copernicus
    5:59
  • 10
    Ch 37 - The New Universe - Galileo's Strange Notions
    6:40
  • 11
    Ch 38 - England's Greatest Queen - The Queen Who Almost Wasn't
    7:26
  • CD 9: Chapter 38 - Chapter 42
  • 1
    Ch 38 - Good Queen Bess
    6:48
  • 2
    Ch 39 - England's Greatest Playwright
    9:26
  • 3
    Ch 39 - Macbeth's Decision
    7:46
  • 4
    Ch 40 - New Ventures to the Americas
    7:54
  • 5
    Ch 40 - The Lost Colony
    7:39
  • 6
    Ch 41 - Explorations in the North
    6:30
  • 7
    Ch 41 - Jacques Cartier's Discovery
    8:01
  • 8
    Ch 42 - Empires Collide
    8:36
  • 9
    Ch 42 - The World at the End of the 16th Century
    9:19

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