What Is Ancient History?: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What Is Ancient History? audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Langan (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 1,484 Ancient Civilizations audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Langan
Michael Langan narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 678 hours in all.
About as long, on the Ancient Civilizations shelf
98 Ancient Civilizations audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
- Troy: The tragedy of Helen, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Achilles, Hector, Paris & Odysseus
- Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Troy: The Greek Myths Reimagined
- Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City
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
What Is Ancient History? is an audiobook by Walter Scheidel: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Langan, released April 22, 2025, on the Ancient Civilizations shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Langan
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Ancient Civilizations
- ISBN
- 9781696617567
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What Is Ancient History? audiobook?
What Is Ancient History? runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the What Is Ancient History? audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What Is Ancient History??
What Is Ancient History? is narrated by Michael Langan.
Is What Is Ancient History? worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.