Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon

Empires of the Plain

Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon

By
Lesley Adkins
Lesley Adkins
2003 • 424 pages

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133 books

Turkey

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Life on the Golden Horn
Journey Round Turkey
Corner Seat
Riding to the Tigris
Husky Be My Guide

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70 books

Syria

Daren
Daren
Wanderings in Arabia
Revolt in the Desert
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Dust in the Lion's Paw

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49 books

Sri Lanka

Daren
Daren
The Age of Kali
With My Back to the East
Song of India
Return Ticket
Husky Be My Guide
Tiger for Breakfast
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

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66 books

Iraq

Daren
Daren
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Travels in American Iraq
The Marsh Arabs
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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100 books

Afghanistan

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Sleeping Buddha
THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT. My Afghan Years.
Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide
Taliban
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
The Underground Girls Of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys

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2,141 books

Non Fiction

Daren
Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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342 books

India

Daren
Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Losing Gemma
Sea of Poppies
The Vine Of Desire
Travels Through Sacred India

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423 books

Multi Continent

Daren
Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Wrong Way Home
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
The Bonesetter's Daughter
On The Road To Damascus

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525 books

History

Daren
Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Autobiography of a geisha
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Guests of Ayatollah : The First Battle in the West's War on Militant Islam
Fragmentation of the Middle East: The Last Thirty Years
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People

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111 books

Pakistan

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Broken Bangles
The Age of Kali
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game
Return Ticket
First Overland

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103 books

Iran

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Guests of Ayatollah : The First Battle in the West's War on Militant Islam
Lifting the Veil: Life in Revolutionary Iran
Unveiled: Love and Death among the Ayatollahs
The Shah's Last Ride
Two Wings of a Nightingale: Persian Soul, Islamic Heart
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

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2,746 books

Owned

Daren
Daren
Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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121 books

Egypt

Daren
Daren
To the Holy Shrines
Revolt in the Desert
Return Ticket
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Egypt Painted & Described
The Phoenix in the Desert

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1,372 books

Uk Author

Daren
Daren
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
City of Djinns
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Baker's Boy

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1,506 books

Travel

Daren
Daren
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
Travelling: An Entertainment
The Wrong Way Home
On The Road To Damascus

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476 books

Bio Memoir

Daren
Daren
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work
Legs On Everest : The Full Story Of His Most Remarkable Adventure Yet
Red Dust: A Path Through China
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
My Life
Autobiography of a geisha

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1,235 books

Own To Read

Daren
Daren
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
27,000 Miles Through Australia
For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys
The World at Their Feet; the story of New Zealand mountaineers in the great ranges of the world
Camps and Climbs in Arctic Norway
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
Beyond the Last Oasis: A Solo Walk in the Western Sahara