Covering the period from AD 14 to 284, this comprehensive book reviews the social and economic history of the Roman Empire. Fergus Millar is the author of thirteen chapters on Rome and the provinces, arranged by topic, such as Governments and Administration, State and Subject, Italy, and Africa. These chapters for the bulk of the book and are supplemented by fours chapters by o...(展开全部)

How does one empire differ from another? Why do empires rise and fall? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? In this broad and ambitious book, Dominic Lieven explores the place and meaning of empire from ancient Rome to the present. The central focus of the book is Russia and the rise and fall of the Tsarist and the Soviet Empir...(展开全部)

How does one empire differ from another? Why do empires rise and fall? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? In this broad and ambitious book, Dominic Lieven explores the place and meaning of empire from ancient Rome to the present. The central focus of the book is Russia and the rise and fall of the Tsarist and the Soviet Empir...(展开全部)

This ambitious book explores the role of empire in world history. What does it mean to be an empire? How does one empire differ from another? Why does an empire rise and why fall? Why have empires flourished in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? On an unusally wide canvas, Dominic Lieven addresses all these questions. His central focus is on the rise and...(展开全部)

Dominic Lieven, a former Kennedy scholar at Harvard University, is professor of Russian government at the London School of Economics. Among his many publications are the highly praised Nicholas II and Russia’s Rulers under the Old Regime, published by Yale University Press.

The Mongol Empire was founded by Chinggis Khan in the early thirteenth century. Within the span of two generations it embraced most of Asia, thus becoming the largest land-based state in history. The united empire lasted only until around 1260, but the major successor states continued for many generations, in the Middle East, present-day Russia, Central Asia and China. It left ...(展开全部)

The Mongol Empire was founded by Chinggis Khan in the early thirteenth century. Within the span of two generations it embraced most of Asia, thus becoming the largest land-based state in history. The united empire lasted only until around 1260, but the major successor states continued for many generations, in the Middle East, present-day Russia, Central Asia and China. It left ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·布赖斯（1838-1922），出生于北爱尔兰，是一位学识博洽，见解深邃的历史学家，同时还是一位政治理论家和政治活动家。除出版《神圣罗马帝国》一书奠定其学术地位，为其树立了历史家的地位以外，他发表的《美利坚共和国》也极负盛名，被视为外国人论述美国的经典著作之一。此外，所著《现代民主制度》也使作者享有盛誉。

Friedrich Heer is a distinguished Austrian, Catholic, intellectual historian. In this work he reveals all of these identifying tags. No Notrh German, Protestant historian could be completely satisfied with Heer’s study. No historian seeking solid, substantive, text-book type of factual information will be completely satisfied. This is not a History of Germany; it is not even a ...(展开全部)

赵玲玲，北京语言大学博士，内蒙古大学外国语学院教师，主要研究方向为英语文学视野中的蒙古形象、翻译理论与实践，比较文学形象学等。