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Nomads

The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

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Nomads

By: Anthony Sattin
Narrated by: Anthony Sattin
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The remarkable story of how Nomads have fostered and refreshed civilisation throughout our history.

Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections between these two very different ways of living presents a radical new view of human civilisation. From the Neolithic revolution to the 21st century via the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the great nomadic empires of the Arabs and Mongols, the Mughals and the development of the Silk Road, nomads have been a perpetual counterbalance to the empires created by the power of human cities.

Exploring the evolutionary biology and psychology of restlessness that makes us human, Anthony Sattin's sweeping history charts the power of nomadism from before the Bible, to its decline in the present day.

Connecting us to mythology and the records of antiquity, Nomads explains why we leave home, and why we like to return again. This is the history of civilisation as told through its outsiders.

©2022 Anthony Sattin (P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Anthropology Civilization World

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Thank you Anthony for your extensive and inspired research. Your poetic impassioned reading has been a joy and brought me further reason to explore our wild humanity and our place in nature.

A story of human movement

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beautifully written and a fascinating book . The blend of narrative story telling and information all interwoven in a masterful way.

you should choose this

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One of the best narrations I have heard in months.

Please thank the narrator on my behalf, together with a request that he benefit us more and more with the fruits of his talent.

Thanks!

Excellent Narration

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Insightful perspective on humanity
Something missing from our normal narratives
Should be considered in curriculia moving forwards

Adjacent amazing history

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This is a different sort of historical story it’s very interesting and well worth reading

A fascinating read

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