Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World

I loved this from start to finish. So many civilizations have been built and lost over the course of time. So many people were here who lived, fought, and loved, and are now just dust in the wind (I dare you not to play the Kansas song in your head after reading that). I was most interested to read a......more

Een paar van de dingen die mij altijd ontzettend gestoord hebben bij de geschiedenisles, en bij geschiedenisboeken in het algemeen, is dat er over het algemeen een grote voorkeur uitgaat naar onderwerpen die alom bekend zijn, en ook dat er steeds meer aandacht wordt besteed aan iets naargelang je di......more

Forgotten People of the Ancient World by Phillip Matyszak Please give my Amazon review a helpful vote - [URL not allowed]-re... This is a fun book. It is not a particularly deep book, but it's not intended to be deep. Instead, the author, Phillip Matyszak, seems to be going for a po......more

Matyszak is one of my favourite popular historians, and I loved previous books of his. This books offers a review of people and nations you've probably heard of in passing, and promises to give you a deeper understanding of those forgotten people and their impact on later generations. What to Expect T......more

I listened to this in audio and really enjoyed both the book and the narration. While I had heard of some of the "forgotten peoples" it was mostly in the context of some group the Greeks or Romans or Egyptians were fighting. This book gives them their due on their own. No, it can't be comprehensive,......more