Great empires : an illustrated atlas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington , D.C. : National Geographic, c2011.Description: 367 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1426208294 : HRD
  • 9781426208294
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909 23
LOC classification:
  • D32 .G74 2011
Contents:
Part I, The Ancient World 2600 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The Ancient Middle East: Tumultuous cradle of empires -- Egypt on the rise: Lords of the Nile -- Mediterranean conquests: Greece, Carthage, and Rome -- Classical Asia: India and China -- Part II, The Middle Ages 500-1500 -- Byzantium and the Arab world: Empires of faith -- Medieval Asia: The Khmer, Mongols, and Ming -- Medieval Europe and Africa: Christian and Muslim dynasties -- Native American empires: The Toltec, Aztec, and Inca -- Part III, Modern Empires 1500s-1900s -- Western Europe and the Americas: Colonization and rebellion -- Mediterranean and Africa: Ottoman Empire and Asante -- Greatness in the East: The Mughals, Qing, and Romanovs -- Epilogue: The collapse of modern empires.
Summary: Profiles thirty great empires of the world from 2600 B.C. to the twentieth century in images and maps that show the territories held by each ruler, major trade routes, paths of military campaigns, and other important landmarks.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 356) and index.

Part I, The Ancient World 2600 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The Ancient Middle East: Tumultuous cradle of empires -- Egypt on the rise: Lords of the Nile -- Mediterranean conquests: Greece, Carthage, and Rome -- Classical Asia: India and China -- Part II, The Middle Ages 500-1500 -- Byzantium and the Arab world: Empires of faith -- Medieval Asia: The Khmer, Mongols, and Ming -- Medieval Europe and Africa: Christian and Muslim dynasties -- Native American empires: The Toltec, Aztec, and Inca -- Part III, Modern Empires 1500s-1900s -- Western Europe and the Americas: Colonization and rebellion -- Mediterranean and Africa: Ottoman Empire and Asante -- Greatness in the East: The Mughals, Qing, and Romanovs -- Epilogue: The collapse of modern empires.

Profiles thirty great empires of the world from 2600 B.C. to the twentieth century in images and maps that show the territories held by each ruler, major trade routes, paths of military campaigns, and other important landmarks.

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