Empire: A New History of the World 1643137689, 9781643137681, 9781643133317, 9781643133935

A dazzling new history of the world told through the ten major empires of human civilization. Eminent historian Paul St

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Empire: A New History of the World
1643137689, 9781643137681, 9781643133317, 9781643133935

Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story ofEmpirewith the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse

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Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story ofEmpirewith the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse

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Depression has colonized the world. Today, more than 300 million of us have been diagnosed as depressed. But 150 years a

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A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the study of the Eastern

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A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around t

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Ever since the attacks of September 11, 2001, Western leaders have described a world engaged in "a fight for civili

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The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Pete

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The British Empire, especially in its late-Victorian heyday, spanned the world and linked a quarter of world's popu

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This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic

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A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the study of the Eastern

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