World History Audiobooks
Each episode treats one great transformation as a story with causes, choices and consequences — how plague, print, industry, empire and war remade ordinary lives. The series keeps multiple regions in view rather than telling history from one capital, separates evidence from legend, and ends with questions that reward discussion. Written for listeners twelve and up.
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The War That Never Ended: How World War I Made the Modern WorldWorld History · 1h 6m · Free
Riders Across the World: The Mongol Conquests and the Making of EurasiaWorld History · 41 min · Free
The Year the World Emptied: The Black Death and Its SurvivorsWorld History · 42 min · Free
The Multiplying Page: How Printing Changed Who Could SpeakWorld History · 40 min · Free
Two Worlds Collide: The Columbian Exchange and the Remaking of LifeWorld History · 43 min · Free
Freedom's Unfinished Revolutions: Liberty and Its Limits in the Atlantic WorldWorld History · 44 min · Free
The Machine Awakens: Industry, Labour, and the Fossil-Fuelled WorldWorld History · 39 min · Free
The Kingdom of Great Peace: China's Taiping Civil WarWorld History · 41 min · Free
The World at War: How the Second World War Remade HumanityWorld History · 46 min · Free
The Long Standoff: The Cold War Beyond the SuperpowersWorld History · 45 min · Free