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I really can't recommend Gordon Doherty's Empires of Bronze series enough - it's written really well and he clearly has done his research. What's really fascinating is that the story is ultimately a sad one - the Sea Peoples essentially end up wiping out most Bronze Age civs (other than the Egyptians), but the story has a hopeful ending. The author also does a great job of separating fact from fiction.
@bookstodon Does anyone know of historical fiction set in similarly "esoteric" (aka not classical greece or rome) ancient civilizations? This one was fascinating in part because it gave me a window into Hittite culture. I found (but have not yet bought or read) this series set in the Mayan civilization:
@chiraag@bookstodon Harry Turtledove (aka Harry Turteltaub) has a series (one title is Over the Wine-Dark Sea) called Hellenic Traders. The 4 books center around cousins Menedemos and Sostratos who work as seaborne traders in the years following the death of Alexander the Great (after classical Greece). The series is notable for a high degree of historical accuracy. I found them engrossing and full of nitty-gritty details about their life.
@MonarchLady@chiraag@bookstodon Harry's latest novel is WAGES OF SIN. It's about what life would be like if AIDS struck the world in the early 1500 instead of the 1980s. Can't wait to read it.
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