The Great Empires of the Ancient World

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A team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the major imperial powers of the ancient world, from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 500, and ranging geographically from the ancient Mediterranean to East Asia. The authors investigate the nature of empires--including Egypt, Rome, Babylonia, Persia, India, and China--and their legacies in the modern age.
Highlights include fascinating character profiles of great rulers such as the warrior pharaohs Thutmose and Rameses of Egypt, the self-obsessed First Emperor of China, who desperately tried to cheat death, and the brilliant Roman emperor Augustus, who created the most powerful empire the world had ever seen. ...
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A team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the major imperial powers of the ancient world, from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 500, and ranging geographically from the ancient Mediterranean to East Asia. The authors investigate the nature of empires--including Egypt, Rome, Babylonia, Persia, India, and China--and their legacies in the modern age.
Highlights include fascinating character profiles of great rulers such as the warrior pharaohs Thutmose and Rameses of Egypt, the self-obsessed First Emperor of China, who desperately tried to cheat death, and the brilliant Roman emperor Augustus, who created the most powerful empire the world had ever seen. Special illustrated sections, called "Witness to Empire," bring these civilizations to life in the words of their leaders and inhabitants.
Not only will this book appeal to scholars and students, but its accessible text and wealth of illustrations also will feed the popular interest in this subject matter reflected in the recent success of films, television series, and museum exhibitions showcasing ancient cultures.

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This monumental work studies aspects of ancient empires and their impact across a vast range of time and space: from New Kingdom Egypt and the Hittite Empire in the second millennium B.C.E. to the empires of South Asia through 500 C.E. Other empires covered include Assyria and Babylonia, the first Persian Empire, the Athenian Empire, the empire of Alexander the Great and his successors, the Parthian and early Sasanian Empires, the Roman Empire, and the early empires of South Asia and China. Ten scholars, primarily from the UK and Australia, each provide a chapter on one of the empires, with editor Harrison (Sch. of Archaeology, Classics, & Egyptology, Univ. of Liverpool; Divinity and History) providing the introduction. The oversize volume is illustrated throughout with superb photographs of artifacts, including the Begram Ivories and architectural views, as well as maps, time lines, king lists, and a section titled "Voices of Empire" within each chapter that translate ancient texts, letting history speak for itself. VERDICT Well documented, accessible, and superbly illustrated, this book will be treasured by history and art readers. In libraries, it should be made available both for reference and for browsing.—Joan W. Gartland, Macomb Community Coll. Lib., Warren, MI

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  • ISBN-13: 9780892369874
  • Publisher: Getty Publications
  • Publication date: 4/28/2009
  • Edition description: 1
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 1,037,785
  • Product dimensions: 8.70 (w) x 10.90 (h) x 1.20 (d)

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Thomas Harrison is Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool and the author of Greeks and Barbarians.

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