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Foreword xiii
The Glory That Was Rome
Wandering Through the Roman Empire 1
The Fall of Rome 5
The Early Days of Britain
The Celts of Britain 9
Barbarians Come to Britain 13
Beowulf the Hero 15
Christianity Comes to Britain
Augustine Comes to England 20
Medieval Monasteries 24
Writing Books by Hand 26
The Byzantine Empire
The Beauty of Constantinople 30
Justinian, the Just Emperor 33
The Empress Theodora 35
The Church in the East 38
The Medieval Indian Empire
A King Named Skandagupta 43
Monks in Caves 47
The Rise of Islam
Muhammad's Vision 50
Muhammad Flees to Medina 53
The Koran: Islam's Holy Book 56
Islam Becomes an Empire
The Fight for Mecca 59
The Spread of Islam 62
The City of Baghdad 64
Sinbad in the Valley of Snakes 69
The Great Dynasties of China
Yang Chien Unites North and South 73
The Tang Dynasty 76
East of China
The Yamato Dynasty of Japan 80
A Tale of ThreeCountries; Korea, China, and Japan 85
The Bottom of the World
The First People of Australia 89
The Long Journey of the Maori 92
The Kingdom of the Franks
Clovis, The Ex-Barbarian 97
Four Tribes, One Empire 101
The Islamic Invasion
Islam in Spain and Africa 104
The Great Kings of France
Charles the Hammer 108
The Greatest King: Charlemagne 110
The Arrival of the Norsemen
The Viking Invasion 115
Eric the Red and "Eric's Son" 118
The Norse Gods 122
Thor and the Giant King 123
The First Kings of England
The Vikings Invade England 129
Alfred the Great 132
The Battle of Hastings 136
England After the Conquest
The English Language 140
Serfs and Noblemen 144
Stone Castles 147
Knights and Samurai
The English Code of Chivalry 152
The Samurai: Japanese Knights 155
The Age of Crusades
A Command from the Pope 160
Recapturing Jerusalem 164
Saladin of Jerusalem 167
El Cid and the "Reconquest of Spain" 170
A New Kind of King
Richard the Lionhearted 174
John Lackland and the Magna Carta 177
Robin Hood 180
Robin Hood and the Butcher 181
The Diaspora
The Scattering of the Jews 186
A Tale of the Diaspora 189
The Clever Rabbi of Cordova 189
The Mongols Devastate the East
Genghis Khan, Emperor of All Men 193
The Mongol Conquest of China 196
Exploring the Mysterious East
Marco Polo Goes to China 200
The Forbidden City of the Ming 204
The First Russians
The Rus Come to Constantinople 208
Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible 211
The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Turks Attack 215
The Sheep-Rocks 216
The Capture of Constantinople 218
Suleiman the Lawgiver 223
The End of the World
The Plague 227
A New Way of Living 231
France and England at War
Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt 235
Joan of Arc 240
War for the English Throne
The Wars of the Roses 244
The Princes in the Tower 248
The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal
Ferdinand and Isabella Unite Spain 253
Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal 257
African Kingdoms
Gold, Salt, and Ghana 261
Mansa Musa of Mali 265
The Songhay Empire 268
India Under the Moghuls
The Moghul Dynasty 272
Akbar of India 276
The Bad-Luck Servant 278
Exploring New Worlds
Christopher Columbus 281
Vespucci and Magellan 286
The American Kingdoms
The Mayans of Central America 290
The Marvelous City of Tenochtitlan 294
The Incas 297
Spain, Portugal, and the New World
The Slave Trade 301
Cortes and Montezuma 305
Martin Luther's New Ideas
Martin Luther's List 309
Henry VIII's Problem 313
The Renaissance
A New Way of Thinking 318
Gutenberg's Great Invention 322
Reformation and Counter Reformation
The Spread of the Reformation 327
The Council of Trent 330
The New Universe
The Revolution of Copernicus 334
Galileo's Strange Notions 338
England's Greatest Queen
The Queen Who Almost Wasn't 342
Good Queen Bess 346
England's Greatest Playwright
William Shakespeare 351
Macbech 353
Macbeth's Decision 356
New Ventures to the Americas
Walter Raleigh and the New World 361
The Lost Colony 365
Explorations in the North
The New-Found Land 370
Jacques Cartier's Discoveries 374
Empires Collide
Spain and England's War 379
The World at the End of the Sixteenth Century 384
Chronology of The Middle Ages
Dates in Volume 2 389
A Geography of The Middle Ages
A List of Maps in Volume 2 395
Pronouncing the Names of The Middle Ages
A Pronunciation Guide for Reading Aloud 397
Index 403
Story of the World, Vol. 2 Audiobook: History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages / Edition 2 available in Multimedia
Story of the World, Vol. 2 Audiobook: History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages / Edition 2
by Susan Wise Bauer, Jim Weiss
Susan Wise Bauer
- ISBN-10:
- 1933339128
- ISBN-13:
- 9781933339122
- Pub. Date:
- 08/17/2007
- Publisher:
- The Well-Trained Mind Press
- ISBN-10:
- 1933339128
- ISBN-13:
- 9781933339122
- Pub. Date:
- 08/17/2007
- Publisher:
- The Well-Trained Mind Press
Story of the World, Vol. 2 Audiobook: History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages / Edition 2
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History will never be the same again! This spirited reading of the first in Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of ancient times. Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the globe. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of the ancient world. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, The Story of the World weaves world history into a storybook format. This volume covers the major historical events from the years 400 to 1600—from the fall of Rome through the rise of the Renaissance. This Story of the World audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose voice has been described as “liquid gold” (CNN-TV), and Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as “timeless and intelligent” (Publishers Weekly). It may be used along with the print books (The Story of the World Volume 2 Text Book, Activity Book, and Tests; each sold separately), as a supplement to a traditional history curriculum, or independently. Approximately 11 hours on 9 CDs.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781933339122 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | The Well-Trained Mind Press |
| Publication date: | 08/17/2007 |
| Series: | Story of the World |
| Edition description: | Revised Edition |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.10(d) |
| Age Range: | 8 - 12 Years |
About the Author
Susan Wise Bauer is an educator and academic who has worked with parents and students for more than twenty years. She taught at the College of William and Mary in Virginia for fifteen years. Her previous best-selling titles for Norton include The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series
In 1989, Jim Weiss set out on a mission: to record the greatest stories he knew from world literature and history, and inspire families — especially young listeners — with a passionate love of the original classics. In the three decades since then, Jim's narration voice and seemingly numberless character voices have formed foundational entertainment and education for millions of listeners around the world.Winning hundreds of awards, Jim’s recordings range on the literary side from fairy tales through stories from Shakespeare, Dickens and Conan Doyle, while his history recordings bring to vivid life major historical events and personalities from the ancient world through the twentieth century.The inspiration for all this began early, with parents and grandparents who told stories and read aloud to him, skills which Jim joyously acquired, and which led him to a degree in Communications and Speech from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Later, his wife, Randy, earned her own national awards as a teacher and counselor, and their shared passion for learning led to forming their company in 1989, long before the explosion of spoken word recordings made this a "sensible" decision. The recordings began winning listeners and national awards from the first. A few years ago, the Weiss's licensed their recordings and business operations to Well-Trained Mind Press, which has successfully introduced Jim's work into still more markets, while Jim continues to write, record, teach and perform.
In 1989, Jim Weiss set out on a mission: to record the greatest stories he knew from world literature and history, and inspire families — especially young listeners — with a passionate love of the original classics. In the three decades since then, Jim's narration voice and seemingly numberless character voices have formed foundational entertainment and education for millions of listeners around the world.Winning hundreds of awards, Jim’s recordings range on the literary side from fairy tales through stories from Shakespeare, Dickens and Conan Doyle, while his history recordings bring to vivid life major historical events and personalities from the ancient world through the twentieth century.The inspiration for all this began early, with parents and grandparents who told stories and read aloud to him, skills which Jim joyously acquired, and which led him to a degree in Communications and Speech from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Later, his wife, Randy, earned her own national awards as a teacher and counselor, and their shared passion for learning led to forming their company in 1989, long before the explosion of spoken word recordings made this a "sensible" decision. The recordings began winning listeners and national awards from the first. A few years ago, the Weiss's licensed their recordings and business operations to Well-Trained Mind Press, which has successfully introduced Jim's work into still more markets, while Jim continues to write, record, teach and perform.
Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
The Glory That Was Rome
Wandering Through the Roman Empire 1
The Fall of Rome 5
The Early Days of Britain
The Celts of Britain 9
Barbarians Come to Britain 13
Beowulf the Hero 15
Christianity Comes to Britain
Augustine Comes to England 20
Medieval Monasteries 24
Writing Books by Hand 26
The Byzantine Empire
The Beauty of Constantinople 30
Justinian, the Just Emperor 33
The Empress Theodora 35
The Church in the East 38
The Medieval Indian Empire
A King Named Skandagupta 43
Monks in Caves 47
The Rise of Islam
Muhammad's Vision 50
Muhammad Flees to Medina 53
The Koran: Islam's Holy Book 56
Islam Becomes an Empire
The Fight for Mecca 59
The Spread of Islam 62
The City of Baghdad 64
Sinbad in the Valley of Snakes 69
The Great Dynasties of China
Yang Chien Unites North and South 73
The Tang Dynasty 76
East of China
The Yamato Dynasty of Japan 80
A Tale of ThreeCountries; Korea, China, and Japan 85
The Bottom of the World
The First People of Australia 89
The Long Journey of the Maori 92
The Kingdom of the Franks
Clovis, The Ex-Barbarian 97
Four Tribes, One Empire 101
The Islamic Invasion
Islam in Spain and Africa 104
The Great Kings of France
Charles the Hammer 108
The Greatest King: Charlemagne 110
The Arrival of the Norsemen
The Viking Invasion 115
Eric the Red and "Eric's Son" 118
The Norse Gods 122
Thor and the Giant King 123
The First Kings of England
The Vikings Invade England 129
Alfred the Great 132
The Battle of Hastings 136
England After the Conquest
The English Language 140
Serfs and Noblemen 144
Stone Castles 147
Knights and Samurai
The English Code of Chivalry 152
The Samurai: Japanese Knights 155
The Age of Crusades
A Command from the Pope 160
Recapturing Jerusalem 164
Saladin of Jerusalem 167
El Cid and the "Reconquest of Spain" 170
A New Kind of King
Richard the Lionhearted 174
John Lackland and the Magna Carta 177
Robin Hood 180
Robin Hood and the Butcher 181
The Diaspora
The Scattering of the Jews 186
A Tale of the Diaspora 189
The Clever Rabbi of Cordova 189
The Mongols Devastate the East
Genghis Khan, Emperor of All Men 193
The Mongol Conquest of China 196
Exploring the Mysterious East
Marco Polo Goes to China 200
The Forbidden City of the Ming 204
The First Russians
The Rus Come to Constantinople 208
Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible 211
The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Turks Attack 215
The Sheep-Rocks 216
The Capture of Constantinople 218
Suleiman the Lawgiver 223
The End of the World
The Plague 227
A New Way of Living 231
France and England at War
Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt 235
Joan of Arc 240
War for the English Throne
The Wars of the Roses 244
The Princes in the Tower 248
The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal
Ferdinand and Isabella Unite Spain 253
Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal 257
African Kingdoms
Gold, Salt, and Ghana 261
Mansa Musa of Mali 265
The Songhay Empire 268
India Under the Moghuls
The Moghul Dynasty 272
Akbar of India 276
The Bad-Luck Servant 278
Exploring New Worlds
Christopher Columbus 281
Vespucci and Magellan 286
The American Kingdoms
The Mayans of Central America 290
The Marvelous City of Tenochtitlan 294
The Incas 297
Spain, Portugal, and the New World
The Slave Trade 301
Cortes and Montezuma 305
Martin Luther's New Ideas
Martin Luther's List 309
Henry VIII's Problem 313
The Renaissance
A New Way of Thinking 318
Gutenberg's Great Invention 322
Reformation and Counter Reformation
The Spread of the Reformation 327
The Council of Trent 330
The New Universe
The Revolution of Copernicus 334
Galileo's Strange Notions 338
England's Greatest Queen
The Queen Who Almost Wasn't 342
Good Queen Bess 346
England's Greatest Playwright
William Shakespeare 351
Macbech 353
Macbeth's Decision 356
New Ventures to the Americas
Walter Raleigh and the New World 361
The Lost Colony 365
Explorations in the North
The New-Found Land 370
Jacques Cartier's Discoveries 374
Empires Collide
Spain and England's War 379
The World at the End of the Sixteenth Century 384
Chronology of The Middle Ages
Dates in Volume 2 389
A Geography of The Middle Ages
A List of Maps in Volume 2 395
Pronouncing the Names of The Middle Ages
A Pronunciation Guide for Reading Aloud 397
Index 403
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