Rise and Fall - A History of the World in Ten Empires

Informationen zum Autor Paul Strathern is the author of numerous books about science, history, philosophy and literature, including two series, Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World , and the Sunday Times bestseller The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance . He also won a Somerset Maugham award for his novel A Season in Abyssinia . He formerly lectured in philosophy and mathematics at Kingston University. He lives in London. Klappentext 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. A dazzling new history of the world through ten major empires. Zusammenfassung A dazzling new history of the world through ten major empires.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Strathern, Strathern Paul
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.07.2020
• EAN: 9781473698666
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-9866-6
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Civilization, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, Social & cultural history, History: earliest times to present day, Social and cultural history, Empires & historical states, General and world history, Historical states, empires and regions