The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World runs 18.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Perkins (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 18.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
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Tom Perkins narrates 208 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,284 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World is an audiobook by David W. Anthony: a 18.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Perkins, released September 11, 2018, on the World and Ancient Civilizations shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Perkins
- Released
- September 11, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Ancient Civilizations, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781977385437
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World as an audiobook?
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World runs 18.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.
Is The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World?
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World is narrated by Tom Perkins.
Is The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.2 hours.