Great Empires of the Ancient World Contents
Introduction: New Visions of Ancient Empires
Thomas Harrison
1 The Empire of New Kingdom Egypt 1539–1069 BC
Bill Manley
2 The Hittite Empire 1650–1200 BC
Trevor Bryce
3 The Empires of Assyria and Babylonia 900–539 BC
Marc Van De Mieroop
4 The First Persian Empire 550–330 BC
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
5 The Athenian Empire 478–404 BC, 378–338 BC
Alastair Blanshard
6 The Empire of Alexander and his Successors 338–60 BC
Michael Sommer and Thomas Harrison
7 The Parthian and Early Sassanian Empires c. 247 BC–AD 300
Ted Kaizer
8 The Roman Empire 27 BC–AD 476
Michael Sommer
9 The Early Empires of South Asia 323 BC–AD 500
Robin Coningham and Mark Manuel
10 The Early Empires of China 221 BC–AD 220
W. J. F. Jenner
Further Reading
Contributors
Sources of Quotations
Sources of Illustrations
Index