On the Shores of the Great Sea: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

On the Shores of the Great Sea, credited to M. B. Synge, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of On the Shores of the Great Sea, by M. B. Synge. Read by various volunteers. Book I of the "Story of the World" series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans are given, concluding with the conquest of the entire Mediterranean by Rome. Important myths and legends that preceded recorded history are also related. Ages 9-18 (Summary from the Baldwin Project)

Recording facts

• Recording title: On the Shores of the Great Sea
• Author credits: M. B. Synge
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 54
• Listed recording duration: 4:52:25

Catalogue topics

• history
• Mediterranean Sea
• Israel
• Phonecia
• Egypt
• Persia
• Greece
• Rome

Opening tracks: first 24 of 54

1. 01 - The Home of Abraham — 4:44
2. 02 - Into Africa — 5:45
3. 03 - An Old Trade-Route — 4:37
4. 04 - Joseph in Egypt — 4:50
5. 05 - The Story of the Nile Flood — 5:29
6. 06 - In A Strange Land — 5:48
7. 07 - The Children of Israel — 5:42
8. 08 - Back to the Fatherland — 5:36
9. 09 - The First Merchant Fleet — 6:18
10. 10 - Conquerors of the Sea — 5:55
11. 11 - Early Pioneers — 4:25
12. 12 - Hiram, King of Tyre — 4:26
13. 13 - King Solomon's Fleet — 4:30
14. 14 - The Story of Carthage — 5:12
15. 15 - Out of the Shadowland — 5:33
16. 16 - The Story of the Argonauts — 7:10
17. 17 - The Seige of Troy — 5:25
18. 18 - The Adventures of Ulysses — 6:09
19. 19 - The Dawn Of History — 4:59
20. 20 - The Fall Of Tyre — 4:08
21. 21 - The Rise of Carthage — 2:21
22. 22 - Hanno's Adventures — 4:54
23. 23 - Some More about Greece — 5:00
24. 24 - A Cloud in the East — 5:20

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