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For appreciating Herodotus -
Historians and how they think and write -
Understanding the Scythians -
Achaemenid Persia and its Greek neighbors -
How governments collect and spend your taxes -
For building self-awareness that you might not expect -
Real women in the ancient Mediterranean -
Understanding classical Greece -
Marcus Aurelius and his desire to live a good life -
The ancient Mediterranean -
Chemical weapons -
Egypt and the Sahara before and during WWII -
Heroism and flaws of the English during WWII -
Handsome men in a parlous state -
Evocative stories set in a hospital -
Understanding Thucydides -
Memories and poignant reflections on the passing of time -
That capture building/making -
Global history before the modern era -
Getting to grips with Roman imperial history