PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781473698666
- Categories [2024], BX, BXOS, DEC24_1, History, New Arrivals OS, NF HIS, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities, NOV24_1, PNSG_OCT
- Author(s) Paul Strathern
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Pages 272
- Format Paperback B
- Dimensions 12.6cm x 2cm x 19.6cm
- Weight 0.193 kg
product description
Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire . . .
Combining breathtaking scope with masterful concision, Paul Strathern traces connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations - from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest Empires: the British, Russo-Soviet and American. Charting 5,000 years of global history in ten succinct chapters, Rise and Fall makes comprehensive and inspiring reading to anyone fascinated by the history of the world.