Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Audiobook3 hours
1001 Questions and Answers on General History
Written by Benjamin Hathaway
Narrated by Larry Wilson
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Benjamin Hathaway gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. A book for students of history to test their knowledge and to direct their studies. As the title tells us, this is a book of 1001 questions, with answers, regarding world history.
Related to 1001 Questions and Answers on General History
Related audiobooks
1001 Questions and Answers on English Grammar US State Capitals & More: Capitals, Population & Land by State Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 7 Habits of Highly Defective People: And Other Bestsellers That Won't Go Away Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Short History of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Short History of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/58 Books That Changed the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Religions of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fast Learning Methods Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5World War 2: A Captivating Guide from Beginning to End (The Second World War and D Day Book 1) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5100 Words to Sound Smarter and Be More Respected Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Simply Descartes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Philosophy 101: How to Think Big Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great Speeches in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Test-Ready Vocabulary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPsychology 101: How to Understand Yourself and Others Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Albert Einstein: The Biography of a Genius Who Changed Science and World History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Critical Thinking Junkie: How to Develop Critical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Overcoming Anxiety: Calm Down, Breathe & Discover How To Overcome Anxiety, Fear and Panic Attacks Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Human Machine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Reason: Books I & II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCritical Thinking Skills For Dummies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Life Lesson Quotes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5World War 1: The Sacrifice of a Generation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brain Power: Optimize Your Mental Skills and Performance, Improve Your Memory and Sharpen Your Mind Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Nature of Genius: Looking Beyond IQ and Talent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings1500 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know - Crazy, Funny & Random Facts To Win Trivia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Ancient History For You
Meditations Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/51177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Epic of Gilgamesh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume I Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Histories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Caesar: Life of a Colossus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killing Jesus: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chariots of the Gods Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Roman History 101: From Republic to Empire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History Is Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Occulted History: Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient Aliens? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Plutarch's Lives: Volume 1 of 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Greek Mythology: An Elaborate Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Harems, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of Greek Myths Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ancient Greece 101: Greek History, Myth, and Civilization Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alexander the Great Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of Egyptian Myths Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When God Had a Wife: The Fall and Rise of the Sacred Feminine in the Judeo-Christian Tradition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gnosticism: The History and Legacy of the Mysterious Ancient Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mary Magdalene: Women, the Church, and the Great Deception Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory: The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory 100% found this document usefulThe Master/Slave Dialectic 0% found this document useful2.2 Magnet Mountain: The link between 1,001 Nights and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 0% found this document usefulThe History of Philosophy 0% found this document useful4.3 The Flawed Mind Monkey: Spiritual Profundity Meets Zaniness 0% found this document usefulThe Science of Getting Rich (Wallace D. Wattles) - Audiobook Summary 0% found this document usefulhow to read a book so it becomes the curriculum - focus on the Middle Ages 0% found this document useful#42 / Moon Laramie, Blavatsky unveiled 0% found this document usefulThe Page-turning Evolution of the Encyclopædia Britannica 0% found this document usefulFrom The Past, We Are Able To Tell The Future 0% found this document usefulJoseph Reagle on H. G. Wells's "World Brain" (1937): An interview with Joseph Reagle 0% found this document usefulJoseph Reagle on H. G. Wells's "World Brain" (1937): An interview with Joseph Reagle 0% found this document usefulThere’s Nothing Special About Philosophers 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Putting the Story Back in History The American ScholarArticle
Putting the Story Back in History
Jun 1, 2023
One afternoon 40 years ago, soon after beginning graduate work in history at the University of Virginia, I was sitting at a study carrel with a pile of books and a stack of index cards. The latter, I had learned, was one of the historian's most impor
5 min readSETI Dreams Fortean TimesArticle
SETI Dreams
Aug 13, 2020
Wade Roush MIT Press 2020 Pb, 221pp, £12.99, ISBN 9780262538435 If for some reason or another you feel the need to consume a history of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) – the effort to contact aliens over vast cosmic distances via
8 min readThe Intoxicating Other Worlds of the Encyclopedia Literary HubArticle
The Intoxicating Other Worlds of the Encyclopedia
Aug 13, 2019
8 min readBinding The Ghost: On The Physicality Of Literature The MillionsArticle
Binding The Ghost: On The Physicality Of Literature
Jan 11, 2019
The spirit is strong, but so is the flesh; books can never be separated from the circumstances of those bodies that house their souls. The post Binding the Ghost: On the Physicality of Literature appeared first on The Millions.
10 min readMiddle and Late Helladic Laconia Competing Principalities? Ancient History MagazineArticle
Middle and Late Helladic Laconia Competing Principalities?
Nov 18, 2022
Edited by Corien Wiersma & Maria P. Tsouli ISBN: 978-9464260625 Sidestone Press (2022) - €50.00 www.sidestone.com Most, if not all, students of ancient history will be familiar with the region of Laconia, the centre of the hegemonic power
3 min readThe Strangest Questions Ever Asked of New York City Librarians Literary HubArticle
The Strangest Questions Ever Asked of New York City Librarians
Oct 28, 2019
5 min readA Brief History of Children’s Books: Nasty, Brutish, and Short Literary HubArticle
A Brief History of Children’s Books: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Jan 14, 2019
9 min readMonsters Creative NonfictionArticle
Monsters
Mar 29, 2021
11 min readStories Of Unease New Zealand ListenerArticle
Stories Of Unease
Mar 25, 2024
by Richard Shaw (Massey University Press, $39.99) Richard Shaw’s 2021 memoir The Forgotten Coast uncovered the story of his Irish great grandfather, Andrew Gilhooly, who arrived in Aotearoa in 1875. In 1881, Gilhooly, a member of the Armed Constabul
3 min readA Life’s Work Gone to Seed The American ScholarArticle
A Life’s Work Gone to Seed
Jun 4, 2018
4 min readCan Humanism Save Us? The AtlanticArticle
Can Humanism Save Us?
Apr 5, 2023
5 min readReviews Medieval Warfare MagazineArticle
Reviews
Jan 5, 2024
ISBN: 978-1641893916 ARC Humanities Press | Past Imperfect, 2022 $17.95 (paperback) www.arc-humanities.org Andrew Schell's Beowulf: A Poem is the kind of book that fans of the poem have long needed. Beyond the other specialties and disciplines that i
6 min readThe Strange Magic of Libraries The Paris ReviewArticle
The Strange Magic of Libraries
Apr 9, 2018
4 min readThe Library How It WorksArticle
The Library
Sep 2, 2021
4 min readA Saga Of Sievekings Fortean TimesArticle
A Saga Of Sievekings
Dec 2, 2021
A Sieveking Family History Paul Sieveking Privately published 2021 Hb, 200pp, £25 inc p&p from sieveking@forteantimes.com The magnificent if notoriously snobbish novelist Anthony Powell was so obsessed by family trees and breeding that he even took a
8 min readMonsters Creative NonfictionArticle
Monsters
Mar 27, 2018
11 min readWhat If? Popular Mechanics South AfricaArticle
What If?
Oct 21, 2019
1 min readWisdom On The Bonfire BBC History MagazineArticle
Wisdom On The Bonfire
Oct 29, 2020
4 min readThe Houses That Refuse To Die Country LifeArticle
The Houses That Refuse To Die
Jun 28, 2023
5 min readBeyond “Born, Lived and Died” Writer's DigestArticle
Beyond “Born, Lived and Died”
Nov 8, 2018
5 min readBuilding A fortean Library Fortean TimesArticle
Building A fortean Library
Nov 4, 2021
It’s 50 years since Random House first published Colin Wilson’s The Occult: A History, and it’s still in print. Time for a re-assessment, then? Wilson believed himself to be a genius, and notoriously had no qualms about saying as much to all and sund
9 min readEating People Is Wrong… Fortean TimesArticle
Eating People Is Wrong…
Mar 24, 2022
Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters Kevin J Wetmore Jr Reaktion Books 2021 Hb, 276pp, £16, ISBN 9781789144444 As Kevin Wetmore notes, cannibalism is “fascinating and vastly entertaining”. Any book on the subject will contain something to get you
3 min readWho Said Nobody Read Isaac Newton? NautilusArticle
Who Said Nobody Read Isaac Newton?
Jan 20, 2021
The central university library at Cambridge, in the United Kingdom, is an imposing, towered building known affectionately for being called a “magnificent erection” by, before he became prime minister, Neville Chamberlain.1 When I was a graduate stude
7 min read‘The Light Ages’ Argues For A Rebranding Of The Medieval Period The Christian Science MonitorArticle
‘The Light Ages’ Argues For A Rebranding Of The Medieval Period
Dec 18, 2020
The Dark Ages were not solely about battles and plagues, says historian Seb Falk. Instead, they included a flourishing of scientific inquiry.
2 min readTrying to Figure Out Bruce Chatwin’s Unpublished Magnum Opus Literary HubArticle
Trying to Figure Out Bruce Chatwin’s Unpublished Magnum Opus
May 20, 2019
6 min readBooks BBC Sky at NightArticle
Books
May 19, 2022
Oxford University Press £29.99 • HB Husband and wife teams in the history of astronomy are common. What is rare however, is to see credit shared. This book tells the story of Aden and Marjorie Meinel, a pair of astronomers who, through Aden’s career,
4 min readTime Out Sailing TodayArticle
Time Out
Nov 22, 2019
Alright, I know that Herman Melville isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (or should that be coffee, given that Starbucks is named after a character in Moby Dick?), but anyway, I’m going to argue its case. First up, I realise that the book is as thick as a wh
4 min readBook Reviews How It WorksArticle
Book Reviews
Mar 19, 2020
4 min readToad Hall, revisited The FieldArticle
Toad Hall, revisited
Feb 17, 2022
6 min readRobin Ince Is On The Road The Big IssueArticle
Robin Ince Is On The Road
Feb 13, 2023
I was talking loudly in the library. Even worse, I was swearing in the library. Just once, but still… And even worse than all of that, I was cheered on by the librarians of Sheffield. I decided I hadn’t visited enough libraries in the last few years.
3 min read
Reviews for 1001 Questions and Answers on General History
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews