In The Shadow Of The Gods : The Emperor In World History

Lieven, Dominic, 1952- author.

EAudiobook 2022

"A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world's empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world. From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the twentieth century, the empire has been the dominant form of power in history. Dominic Lieven's expansive book explo...

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Emperors Biography

Imperialism History

Kings and rulers Biography

World history

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ISBN:

9780593590614

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1 audio file : digital
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digital stereo
audio file

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Electronic audio file
Read by John Lee
Electronic reproduction. New York Books on Tape 2022 Available via World Wide Web

Contents:

Being an emperor
Cradle of empire : the Ancient Near East and the world's first emperors
The Persian emperors and Alexander of Macedon
The Roman imperial monarchy
Ashoka, India and the origins of Buddhism
The origins of Chinese emperorship
Nomads
Imperial civilization and Chinese tradition : the Tang and Song Dynasties
The Islamic Caliphate : the ultimate universal empire
Charles V and Philip II : the first global Emperors
Emperors, caliphs and sultans : the Ottoman Dynasty
The Mughals : India's greatest dynasty
China's last dynasties : the Ming and the Qing-- The Romanovs : dynastic, Russian, European and Eurasian emperors
Europe on the eve of modernity : the Habsburgs, the French Revolution and Napoleon
Emperors and modernity : 1815-1945

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3205404

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