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Universal Empire: A Comparative Approach to Imperial Culture and Representation in Eurasian History
Universal Empire: A Comparative Approach to Imperial Culture and Representation in Eurasian History
The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order.
398 pages, 53 b/w illus. 6 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 16, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107022676 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 398 |
| Dimensions | 231 × 158 × 27 mm · 728 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Bang, Peter Fibiger (University of Copenhagen) |
| Editor | Kolodziejczyk, Dariusz (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland) |