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Detalhes do Produto
- Editora: Hodder and Stoughton
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- Ano: 2019
- ISBN: 9781473698635
- Número de páginas: 272
- Capa: Brochado
Sinopse
From the Akkadian Empire to modern-day America,Rise and Fallcharts the history of the world through its ten greatest empires.Through these we examine humanity's will to power in forms both infamous and poorly understood, and trace the evolution of the imperial impulse as it moves from the blunt military aggression of the ancient empires to the subtle but far-reaching cultural influence of today's superpowers.
We encounter empires in all their contradictions - like the Mongol Empire, the largest land empire the world has ever seen, and yet also the most short-lived.Rise and Fallalso reveals striking, often completely unrelated historical parallels: pyramids found not just in Egypt but also in Babylon, Mexico and…
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