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Seven Rivers: A Journey Through the Currents of Human History

By Vanessa Taylor
Narrated by: Joan Walker
Unabridged — 11 hours, 41 minutes
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By Vanessa Taylor
Narrated by: Joan Walker
Unabridged — 11 hours, 41 minutes
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A sweeping story of humanity told through seven crucial waterways. Historian Vanessa Taylor takes readers through the history of the world's conflicts, conquests and progressions, from the Nile, to the Mississippi to the Ganges and more.

Every river deserves its own history.
The seven rivers in this narrative were chosen because they are major rivers that magnify the common qualities of these great natural arteries that run through civilization. The Nile, Danube, Niger, Mississippi, Ganges, Yangtze, and Thames are all "world rivers" by virtue of the roles they have each played in our shared and conflicted world history.
They have served as the power bases for empires and have been fought over as frontiers. Their river basin...