Empire: A New History of the World: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Civilizations [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition] 9781643133317, 9781643133935, 1643133314, 1643133934

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

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Empire: A New History of the World: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Civilizations [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition]
 9781643133317, 9781643133935, 1643133314, 1643133934

Table of contents :
Introduction: Three telling tales of empire --
The Akkadian Empire --
The Roman Empire --
The Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates --
The Mongol Empire --
The Yuan Dynasty --
The Aztec Empire --
The Ottoman Empire --
The British Empire --
The Russian Empire --
The American Empire.

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