The Oxford World History of Empire

Abstract

This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of the phenomenon of empire in world history. Volume One is dedicated to synthesis and comparison, analyzing and exploring the multifaceted experience of empire across cultures and through five millennia. Volume Two tracks the protean history of political domination from the very beginnings of state formation in the Bronze Age up to the present.