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