The great empires of the ancient world

Author

Thomas Harrison

Call Number

• 930 G78687 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2009.

Physical Description

288 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes

First published in the United Kingdom in 2009 by Thames & Hudson Ltd.

Contents

• The empire of New Kingdom Egypt, 1539-1069 BC / The Hittite Empire, 1650-1200 BC / The empires of Assyria and Babylonia, 900-539 BC / The first Persian Empire, 550-330 BC / The Athenian Empire, 478-404 BC, 378-338 BC / The empire of Alexander and his successors, 338-60 BC / The Parthian and early Sasanian Empires, c. 247 BC-AD 300 / The Roman Empire, 27 BC-AD 476 / The early empires of South Asia, 323 BC-AD 500 / The early empires of China, 221 BC-AD 220