The great empires of Asia
2018
Book
Asian empires led the world economically, scientifically and culturally for hundreds of years, and posed a constant challenge to the countries of Europe. How and why did those empires gain such power, and lose it? What legacies did they leave? This major book brings together a team of distinguished historians to survey seven great Asian empires that rose and fell between 800 CE and the mid-20th century: the Mongol Empire, Ming Dynasty of China, Khmer Empire, Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire of Persia, Mughal Empire of India and the Meiji Restoration in Japan. Splendidly illustrated and compellingly written, The Great Empires of Asia shows how those seven empires played a key role in forming today's global civilization - and how, with the renewed ascendancy of Asia, their legacies will help shape the continent's future.
Main title:
The great empires of Asia / edited by Jim Masselos ; foreword by Johnthan Fenby.
Author:
Fenby, Jonathan, writer of forewordMasselos, Jim, editor
Edition:
Compact paperback edition
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2018.©2018
Collation:
254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
"With 27 illustrations."First published 2010.Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-242) and index.
ISBN:
9780500294420 (paperback)
Dewey class:
950
Language:
English
BRN:
435736