In the past thirty years or so, questions regarding the dynamics of empires have also been
related to wider issues of cultural transformation, in which the appearance of particular …

The collapse of ancient states and civilizations Page 1 THE COLLAPSE OF ANCIENT STATES
AND CIVILIZATIONS Edited by Norman Yoffee and George L. Cowgill Page 2 The Collapse of …

The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of
the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 …

The invitation to think about the new American empire and historical experience raises a
number of important and hard questions especially for students of the non modern non …

The traditional Eurocentric view of state formation and the rise of civilization is challenged in
this broad-ranging book. Bringing archaeological research into contact with the work of …

When they saw so many ridiculous, ramshackle institutions, survivals of an earlier age,
which no one had attempted to co-ordinate or adjust to modern conditions and which …

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 …

Why was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world
come to be dominated by just a handful of religious traditions, especially Christianity, Islam …

Empires have been the commonest form of political organization for most of recorded
history. How should we best understand them? What are their principles and how do they …

The central problem of this volume—the collapse of ancient states and civilizations--may be
illuminated by viewing it from the perspective of a comparative study of civilizations and how …