{"product_id":"empire-paul-strathern-9781643133317","title":"Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eEminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story of Empire with the Akkadian civilization, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Next the narrative describes how a great deal of Western Classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyad 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Combining breathtaking scope with masterful narrative control, Paul Strathern traces these 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Charting five thousand years of global history in ten lucid chapters, Empire makes comprehensive and inspiring reading to anyone fascinated by the history of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Strathern","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":46144223019251,"sku":"8880002596044","price":17.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781643133317.jpg?v=1725011511","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/empire-paul-strathern-9781643133317","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}