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How did a remote desert people change the course of world history? In the seventh century AD, the Eastern Roman Empire collapsed--defeated by the rising power of Arabia. How did this happen? And why then? In this gripping new history, Nick Holmes offers a fresh view of the end of the Ancient World and the rise of Islam--it wasn't just religion and war that shaped history, but a hidden force also played a vital role--climate change. A mysterious climatic shift--the Late Antique Little Ice Age--devastated the Roman and Persian empires while Arabia thrived. The End of Antiquity brings together history, science, and religion to uncover the truth behind one of the most enigmatic centuries in history. It's the fifth book in Holmes' acclaimed series on the fall of the Roman Empire--and the most surprising yet.

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Nick Holmes is an author, podcaster, and historian. His passion is Roman history. He is the author of a multi-volume series on the fall of the Roman Empire. It is intended to be the most comprehensive account of this momentous event since Edward Gibbon's legendary History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire over two hundred years ago. British audiobook narrator and AudioFile Earphones Award winner Nigel Patterson has many credits as a stage, screen, and voice-over actor that influence his powerful characterization across a broad range of genres. AudioFile commented ""his keen ear and impeccable diction give insights into the prevailing attitudes of the period . . . his wholly credible characters stay with you long after you unplug."" A graduate linguist of the University of Oxford, he is fluent in French and Spanish, has lived and worked in the U.S. for fifteen years, and knows many different accents and dialects from around the world.

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