Our Bookshelf

Source books from Hour 1

The Dawn of Everything

David Graeber & David Wengrow

1491

Charles Mann

The World Before Us

Tom Higham

Guns, Germs and Steel

Jared Diamond

The Horse, the Wheel and Language

David W. Anthony


Source books from Hour 2

Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem

Michael Shmidt

A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2

John Romer

Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Barbara Mertz

The City of Babylon: A History, C 1200 BC - AD 116

Stephanie Dalley

The Indus: Lost Civilization

Andrew Robinson

Early China: A Social and Cultural History

Li Feng

Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300

Romila Thapar

Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Krawaczek


Source books from Hour 3

Early China: A Social and Cultural History

Li Feng

A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2

John Romer

The Dawn of Everything

David Graeber and David Wengrow

1777 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed

Erik Cline

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens

Robin Waterfield

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

Christina Thompson

Nubia: Lost Civilizations

Sarah M. Schellinger


Source books from Hour 4

Time Pieces: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Ancient India

Nayanjot Lahiri

The City of Babylon: A History, C 1200 BC - AD 116

Stephanie Dalley

Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Krawaczek

Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300

Romila Thapar

A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2

John Romer

Early China: A Social and Cultural History

Li Feng

1777 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed

Erik Cline

Which of Us are Aryans?: Rethinking the Concept of Our Origins

Romila Thapar

The World’s Religions

Huston Smith

Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

Michael D Coe, Javier Urcid, Rex Koontz

The Canaanites

Mary Ellen Buck


Source books from Hour 5

Ancient Africa: A Global History, to 3000 CE

Christopher Ehret

The City of Babylon: A History, C 1200 BC - AD 116

Stephanie Dalley

Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Krawaczek

Nubia: Lost Civilizations

Sarah M. Schellinger

Ancient Jomon of Japan

Junko Habu

The World’s Religions

Huston Smith

The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture

Konrad Shmid, Jens Schröter, Translated by Peter Lewis

The Canaanites

Mary Ellen Buck


Source books from Hour 6

Incarnations: A History of India in Fifty Lives

Sunil Khilnani

Zoroastrianism: An Introduction

Jenny Rose

Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300

Romila Thapar

The Horse, the Wheel and Language

David W. Anthony

The World’s Religions

Huston Smith

Which of Us are Aryans?: Rethinking the Concept of Our Origins

Romila Thapar

The Ancient Celts

Barry Cunliffe

Early China: A Social and Cultural History

Li Feng


Source books from Hour 7

The Greeks

Roderick Beaton

Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

The Making of Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture

Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter, Peter Lewis (Translator)

Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley

Susan L. Woodward and Jerry N. McDonald

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greec

Robin Waterfield

Nok Culture and the Terracotta Treasures: Nigeria’s Hidden Past

Rosemary Adams

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

Ancient Africa: a Global History, to 300 CE

Christopher Ehret

The World’s Religions

Huston Smith

Source books from Hour 7

The Greeks

Roderick Beaton

SPQR

Mary Beard

Hannibal

Philip Freeman

Early China

Li Feng

Early India

Romila Tharpar

Incarnations

Sunil Khilnani