0:00:00 - Preface Book One - Before History, Beginnings 0:15:39 - Introduction 0:19:22 - 01: The Foundations 1:03:00 - 02: Homo Sapiens 1:34:04 - 03: The Possibility of Civilization Book Two - The First Civilizations 2:00:51 - Introduction 2:03:07 - 01: Early Civilized Life 2:22:00 - 02: Ancient Mesopotamia 3:13:26 - 03: Ancient Egypt 4:17:15 - 04: Intruders and Invaders 5:56:54 - 05: The Beginnings of Civilization in Eastern Asia 7:24:37 - 06: The Other Worlds of the Ancient Past 7:53:54 - 07: The End of the Old World Book Three - The Classical Mediterranean 8:09:46 - Introduction 8:11:36 - 01: The Roots of One World 8:21:45 - 02: The Greeks
Excellent content , I have just listened to all 6 parts, and I am now starting again. Everybody who complains about the narrator are missing the point, anyway there is nothing wrong with the readers English it is clear and concise . Thank you very much
I like it I think it’s a bit above my reading comprehension level at times. I know what all the words mean but trying to digest the sentences as a whole can be tough sometimes and I found myself rewinding it a lot. The author tends to pick the more complicated words when a simpler word would do but that’s just his style and vocabulary.
i actually think this narrator is perfect for this particular book. if you ever read it youd realise that roberts most often begins by compressing huge areas of knowledge into very compact sentences best defined by their succinct ability to convey an interpretation very much idiosyncratic of his wide knowledge, grasp and ability to convey. the narrators rather clipped perfect english diction perfectly matches roberts rather english writing style. meant to be taken at pace and not rushed like fiction. absorb such breadth and depth and dont be fooled by the length of each part.
This is no history. The author creates his version of the evolution of man, filling in the gigantic gaps in true fossil.record.with his imagination and pure conjecture.
As an overview, it works for me and gathers up the general gist quite well. Even yesterday, I caught up with the latest findings about the 'Blue Stones' of Stonehenge and it brought home the simple fact that history will continue to be revised, generation by generation, till whatever kingdom comes. Sad to read so many comments about the readers "accent". Deriding the way anyone speaks smells of inverted snobbery and a basic social insecurity about how others sound if they are not of ones own insular tribe. Perhaps the book should have been read in a Mockney style by a middle class white boy sporting dreadlocks. Sheesh!
i don't think the original recording quality was this bad -- it sounds like digital compression but which is odd since there are other books just as long on YT which have not compressed the sht out of the sound. The narrator would be perfect if he were not so much in love with his voice. He can be heard to enjoy his drawling of the longer vowels, garnishing them with vocal fry --- all v distracting to the audient and indulgent on his part .. .. probably imagines himself a james sexy bond but with an extra year at Eton..
That accent went around the world at one time committing genocide forcing Chinese people to become Opium addicts annihilated millions of indigenous people who got in their way but always with good manners and home in time for tea
Oh, noez! I don't like the free book that I'm listening to! There's no other possible way for me to listen to or read this book, because I've never heard of a library. Nor, apparently, did I listen to the entire video before complaining about the free stuff. 🤨
The "narrator" is David Case, aka Frederick Davidson - one of the world's WORST narrators. Unfortunately, he did about 700 books and may have used more than just those two names. The voice you hear for this book is the SAME voice for all of his books. Fruity and UPPA Class.
@@nielelvinmuralla7144 absolutely, at a close 2nd, imho is Paul Giamatti. Only example I know of is "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick. But I strongly agree that Liam is a beast yo
I suppose an audio book read by someone from deep within the bayous of Louisiana would sound bad to an Englander... but not this frik'n bad! Why can't they all sound more like Richard Burton, instead of Richard Simmons?
0:00:00 - Preface
Book One - Before History, Beginnings
0:15:39 - Introduction
0:19:22 - 01: The Foundations
1:03:00 - 02: Homo Sapiens
1:34:04 - 03: The Possibility of Civilization
Book Two - The First Civilizations
2:00:51 - Introduction
2:03:07 - 01: Early Civilized Life
2:22:00 - 02: Ancient Mesopotamia
3:13:26 - 03: Ancient Egypt
4:17:15 - 04: Intruders and Invaders
5:56:54 - 05: The Beginnings of Civilization in Eastern Asia
7:24:37 - 06: The Other Worlds of the Ancient Past
7:53:54 - 07: The End of the Old World
Book Three - The Classical Mediterranean
8:09:46 - Introduction
8:11:36 - 01: The Roots of One World
8:21:45 - 02: The Greeks
Thank you.
Thanks Kevnar! Do you happen to know which edition he's reading? I have the third, but they are up to the 6th now.
thank you so much
Excellent content , I have just listened to all 6 parts, and I am now starting again. Everybody who complains about the narrator are missing the point, anyway there is nothing wrong with the readers English it is clear and concise . Thank you very much
Well observed. The content regarding prehistory needs significant updating in anthropological analysis, but for its time is fine.
Agreed. 👍
I like it I think it’s a bit above my reading comprehension level at times. I know what all the words mean but trying to digest the sentences as a whole can be tough sometimes and I found myself rewinding it a lot. The author tends to pick the more complicated words when a simpler word would do but that’s just his style and vocabulary.
THE STEEPER THE LEARNING THE GREATER THE BENEFIT TO YOU.
Couldn't agree more... I thought he was great... understandable...clear
i COME FROM THE SAME COUNTRY AS THE READER and i understand every word. This a great book
i actually think this narrator is perfect for this particular book. if you ever read it youd realise that roberts most often begins by compressing huge areas of knowledge into very compact sentences best defined by their succinct ability to convey an interpretation very much idiosyncratic of his wide knowledge, grasp and ability to convey. the narrators rather clipped perfect english diction perfectly matches roberts rather english writing style. meant to be taken at pace and not rushed like fiction. absorb such breadth and depth and dont be fooled by the length of each part.
Wow you seem smart :).....,me not so much :(. I love this narrator
Well observed
one of my favorite books of all time.. I have owned several copies.. and, I'll still listen to every minute of this.. Thank you.
this was the perfect book in jail......❤
@@ShariSSTalk actually, I read Laurie Garrett's "The Coming Plague" in jail,..but..yeah.
15:39 book 1
Thank you!
Thank youuuuu
Awesome book & great narration
I think this narrator is brilliant. Perfect british diction.
FREDERICK DAVIDSON ALSO READ A BOOK ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.(WORDS)
Superb rendition sir hats ff to you sir..I am from infia and I love the roll iof english in your baritone voice
15:39 - Book 01
2:00:51 - Book 02
Thank you for posting this audio book.
Very interesting 👌 were all Amazing Humans!!👊😳❤
I've Always wanted 1 friend from every country around the world 🌎 😌
Send me $20 and I'll be your friend. I'll even include a Notarized Certificate of Friendship.
Like myself you will never suffer from racism or ethnic hatreds.
I have been putting off listening to this. I really should have done it sooner. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for taking the time to post this. Fascinating
This is no history. The author creates his version of the evolution of man, filling in the gigantic gaps in true fossil.record.with his imagination and pure conjecture.
Great audio thank you very much
As an overview, it works for me and gathers up the general gist quite well. Even yesterday, I caught up with the latest findings about the 'Blue Stones' of Stonehenge and it brought home the simple fact that history will continue to be revised, generation by generation, till whatever kingdom comes.
Sad to read so many comments about the readers "accent". Deriding the way anyone speaks smells of inverted snobbery and a basic social insecurity about how others sound if they are not of ones own insular tribe. Perhaps the book should have been read in a Mockney style by a middle class white boy sporting dreadlocks. Sheesh!
The sphinx, gobekle tepi. Both prove he's dead wrong.
Go gobble down some more horseshit conspiracies from Graham Hancock. You’ll come to your sense in a few years and you’ll be incredibly embarrassed.
Thank you very much.
Love JM Roberts, but stuck in my head now is how much he sounds like Tom Allen.
Love the reader. Reminds me of the The Gulag Archipelago reader.
Spanks for the upload.
It’s the same narrator. Fredrick Davidson.
Start at 15:00 I suppose
Wow, how quickly things sound archaic!
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I hate having awkward and touchy neighbors!
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Wait the church my boss goes to .they tell him the.planet is only 6,000 years old ..how can this be .?? L.O.L...
what is the edition of this book?
2003
Everyone whinging about his accent - you'd prefer a Cockney or a Geordie or a Glaswegian? After all, we're all equal, aren't we?
Indeed. It's so cool to criticize such voices, but never, perish the thought ! never low-brow accents like that of the Cockney!
Inverted snobbery.
Imagine their reaction if it was a Scouser
Perfect accent,I thought.Sounds like John Hurt.Exelent
Or Dick Van Dyke? Now there's a British accent for ya.
invaders would steal the statue of Marduk. Who decided what Marduk looks like?
2:52
Great great narrator ;)
Great audiobook.....but ruined by ads every 5 minutes 😢
i don't think the original recording quality was this bad -- it sounds like digital compression but which is odd since there are other books just as long on YT which have not compressed the sht out of the sound. The narrator would be perfect if he were not so much in love with his voice. He can be heard to enjoy his drawling of the longer vowels, garnishing them with vocal fry --- all v distracting to the audient and indulgent on his part .. .. probably imagines himself a james sexy bond but with an extra year at Eton..
That accent went around the world at one time committing genocide forcing Chinese people to become Opium addicts annihilated millions of indigenous people who got in their way but always with good manners and home in time for tea
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By the way who is the narrator?
I'm not sure, but he reminds me of Kenneth Williams.
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I'm more concerned about who's channel and where the remainder of the book is! Utoob are bookburners
Tom Allen ;)
@@simonking2869 Thanks 🙂
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same narrator does a book by bernard corwell, which is if you like smarm heh heh!!!!☺
Johnson Deborah Brown Patricia White Ronald
Reminds me of Quentin Crisp.
In a Smiths packet?
John hurt
The turtle?
Frederick Davidson.
“Charnged“
Hi
Not as funny as Mel Brooks’ version. Not bad though. What else did Nigel Thornberry read?
Of course it's impossible for yutube to offer this, by way of full and free, in one volume and one channel.... end utoob!
Oh, noez! I don't like the free book that I'm listening to! There's no other possible way for me to listen to or read this book, because I've never heard of a library.
Nor, apparently, did I listen to the entire video before complaining about the free stuff. 🤨
1st 20 minutes is intro, then just when the actual book begins the audio goes to crap.....don't waste your time.
My audio is fine. Love the speaker's pacing and interested tone.
Not true. Audio is absolutely fine.
I noticed a negligible difference. It was slightly flatter. I probably wouldn't have noticed if you didn't mention it.
Adverts
9 min in and already 2 sets of 2 ads? You got to be kidding. I'm out.
The "narrator" is David Case, aka Frederick Davidson - one of the world's WORST narrators. Unfortunately, he did about 700 books and may have used more than just those two names. The voice you hear for this book is the SAME voice for all of his books. Fruity and UPPA Class.
JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE CONTENTS AND MEANING IN WORDS THE VOICE AND TONE IS TERRIBLE OF COURSE
LIAM NEESON IS STILL THE BEST NARROTOR
I like the narrator. Very clear, well paced and expresses nuance of each sentence with his timing and emphasis.
@@nielelvinmuralla7144 absolutely, at a close 2nd, imho is Paul Giamatti. Only example I know of is "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick. But I strongly agree that Liam is a beast yo
Frederick Davidson is one of the best narrators in the game! Perfect accent, diction and voice. I wish I could talk like that. It's superb!
I suppose an audio book read by someone from deep within the bayous of Louisiana would sound bad to an Englander... but not this frik'n bad! Why can't they all sound more like Richard Burton, instead of Richard Simmons?
The narrator sounds like Quentin Crisp.
Jesus, is this. An actual accent? Where do people speak like thihihihis?
I think they've gone extinct!
...england
Sounds Canadian to me.
In Oxford Colleges. What do you want, a N Californian accent, an Indian accent a Dick Dastardly accent? So many accents outside Hollywood..
most of the English speaking world actually
That's a fruity voice.
He talks like a poofter!
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