TY  - BOOK
AU  - Farrington, Karen
TI  - Historical atlas of empires.
SN  - 190466802x
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London
PB  - Mercury Books
KW  - History geography
KW  - sears
KW  - World history
N1  - Charts the structure of empires from both the geographical and historical perspectives.  Through the historical snapshots, shows that chaos rather than calculation was the ultimate ruler.  With the use of maps, color illustrations, and photographs, the Historical Atlas of Empires explores and explains the ever-changing concept of empire from the ancient Akkadians of Iraq to the super powers of the 21st century
N2  - Contents: the First Empires, Ancient Rivals, the Glorious East, The Empires of Faith, Steppe Empires, To the Edge of the World, The Medieval World, The Age of Discovery, Rivals in the Old World, The Modern Empire, The State of Empire Today
ER  -