Book of Donmon Teith

This book is a sweeping historical survey of the origins, development and nature of state power. It demonstrates that Eurasia is home to a dominant tradition of

A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to AD 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China.

Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries.

The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages. Some shared language is what binds any community together and ma

Introduction to the ancient Near East, Mediterranean and Europe, including the Greco-Roman world, Late Antiquity and the early Muslim period.