The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon

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Summary: Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com)

Running time:  13 hours

Note to parent:  I am including this book on My Audio School, as it is used by Ambleside Online curriculum.  They recommend it for older children (middle school through high school).

My Audio School is being used by so many children whose families hold varying perspectives on creation and evolution.  I have not provided links for the first 3 chapters of this book, (30 minutes of material), which are full of evolutionary content.  Should you need to refer to these chapters, you can use the links provided above for reading or downloading this book at its Internet Archive page in its entirety.  I have not pre-read the majority of this book, but found evolutionary references in the two additional chapters that I listened to (The Age of Science and The New World).  Please be aware there may be evolutionary content in other chapters, as well.  Should you have further questions about the suitability of this book please read this review from Cathy Duffy.

04 Hieroglyphics

05 The Nile Valley

06 The Story of Egypt

07 Mesopotamia

08 The Sumerians

09 Moses

10 The Phoenicians

11 The Indo-Europeans

12 The Aegean Sea

13 The Greeks

14 The Greek Cities

15 Greek Self-Government

16 Greek Life

17 The Greek Theatre

18 The Persian Wars

19 Athens vs. Sparta

20 Alexander the Great

21 A Summary

22 Rome and Carthage

23 The Rise of Rome

24 The Roman Empire

25 Joshua of Nazareth

26 The Fall of Rome

27 Rise of the Church

28 Mohammed

29 Charlemagne

30 The Norsemen

31 Feudalism

32 Chivalry

33 Pope vs. Emperor

34 The Crusades

35 The Medieval City

36 Medieval Self-Government

37 The Medieval World

38 Medieval Trade

39 The Renaissance

40 The Age of Expression

41 The Great Discoveries

42 Buddha and Confucius

43 The Reformation

44 Religious Warfare

45 The English Revolution

46 The Balance of Power

47 The Rise of Russia

48 Russia vs Sweden

49 The Rise of Prussia

50 The Mercantile System

51 The American Revolution

52 The French Revolution

53 Napoleon

54 The Holy Alliance

55 The Great Reaction

56 National Independence

57 The Age of the Engine

58 The Social Revolution

59 Emancipation

60 The Age of Science

61 Art

62 Colonial Expansion and War

63 A New World

64 As It Shall Ever Be

Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt by R. Talbot Kelly

Egypt A View of Cairo by Jean-Leon Gerome

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Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes

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This book is read by Sibella Denton and lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Egypt Georg Macco Die al-Burdayni-Moschee in Kairo

Its Antiquity

The Land

Egypt Street of Cairo by Jean Achard, 1835

Cairo, part 1

Cairo, part 2

Nile River and delta from orbit, NASA photo, public domain

The Nile, part 1

The Nile, part 2

The Nile, part 3

The Monuments

Egypt The Hosh (courtyard) of the Coptic Patriarch, Cairo

The People

The Desert

The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty

Cat Ancient Egyptian Bronze Cat, so called Gayer Anderson cat, late period bronze cat in the form of the goddess Bastet, image provided by author Jon Bodsworth with permission to reproduce for any purpose in any medium, copyright free image

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Total Running time: 10 hours, 46 minutes

Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti I, image provided copyright free, uploaded by Jon Bodsworth, All photographs on www.egyptarchive.co.uk are copyright free and can be reproduced in any medium

01 – The King of the Rebu – 00:31:56

02 – The Siege of the City – 00:31:28

03 – Captive – 00:33:02

Cat Egyptian Chess Players by Lawrence Alma Tadema, public domain image

04 – An Easy Servitude – 00:33:08

05 – In Lower Egypt – 00:35:51

06 – Fowling and Fishing – 00:32:26

07 – Hippopotamus and Crocodile – 00:34:44

Cheops pyramid seen from the North East, uploaded by author Jon Bodsworth, All low-resolution photographs on www.egyptarchive.co.uk are copyright free and can be reproduced in any medium

08 – The Conspiracy in the Temple – 00:29:12

09 – A Startling Event – 00:34:37

10 – The Cat of Bubastes – 00:35:13

Cat Ptolemaic period cat mummy mask, uploaded by author Jon Bodsworth, All photographs on www.egyptarchive.co.uk are copyright free and can be reproduced in any medium

11 – Dangers Thicken – 00:29:58

12 – The Death of Ameres – 00:35:28

13 – The Search for Mysa – 00:32:46

14 – A Prince of Egypt – 00:31:36

15 – Ameres is Revenged – 00:39:18

Egypt and Nubia by David Roberts, this reproduction of a painting is in the public domain because of its age, image available from US Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division

16 – Up the Nile – 00:34:48

17 – Out of Egypt – 00:33:50

18 – The Desert Journey – 00:26:12

19 – Home at Last – 00:32:05

20 – The King of the Rebu – 00:18:30

Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott

Cleopatra by John William Waterhouse

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The Landing of Cleopatra in Tarsus by Claude Lorraine


01 – Preface, The Valley of the Nile

02 – The Ptolemies

03 – Alexandria

04 – Cleopatra’s Father

05 – Accession to the Throne

Cleopatra Jean Thomassen, left side of an Egyptian triptych
Cleopatra Jean Thomassen, left side of an Egyptian triptych

06 – Cleopatra and Caesar

07 – The Alexandrine War

08 – Cleopatra a Queen

09 – The Battle of Philippi

10 – Cleopatra and Antony

Anthony and Cleopatra by Lawrence Alma Tadema

11 – The Battle of Actium

12 – The End of Cleopatra

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by James Baikie

The Pyramids at Giza, photo by Ricardo Liberato, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 license

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Luxor Thebes Upper Egypt by David Roberts

01 – A Land of Old Renown

02 – A Day in Thebes

03 – A Day in Thebes, Continued

04 – Pharaoh at Home

Moses and Aaron before Pharoah

05 – The Life of a Soldier
06 – Child-life in Ancient Egypt

07 – Some Fairy-tales of Long Ago

08 – Some Fairy-tales of Long Ago, Continued

09 – Exploring the Soudan

10 – A Voyage of Discovery

Egyptian hieroglyphs Louvre, image source Guillaume Blanchard, GNU Free Documentation license

11 – Egyptian Books

12 – Temples and Tombs

13 – An Egyptian’s Heaven