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Adistinguishedteamofinternationallyrenownedscholarssurveysthegreatempiresfrom1600bctoad500,fromtheancientMediterraneantoChina.Intenmasterlychapters,theauthorstakeintheempiresofNewKingdomEgypt,theHittites,AssyriaandBabylonia,AchaemenidthroughtoSassanidPersia,AthensandAlexander,Rome,IndiaandQinandHanChina.Superblyillustratedandunderpinnedbydeepscholarshipattractivelyconveyed,TheGreatEmpiresoftheAncientWorldisanoriginalandhighlyappealingworkthatmakesthesepastsocietiesresonatewith,andfullyrelevantto,themodernage.