Atlas of Empires tells the story of how and why the great empires of
history came into being, operated, and ultimately declined, and it
discusses the future of the empire in today's globalized world. This
book features 60 beautiful and detailed maps of the empires' territories
at different stages of their existence, and it organizes them
thematically to reflect the different driving forces behind empires
throughout history (such as faith, nomadic culture, nationhood, and
capitalism). Each section discusses the rise and fall of the empires
that existed in a region: *Government and society *Wealth and
technology *War and military force *Religious beliefs *And more! From
the earliest empires of the Sumerians and the Pharaohs to the modern
empires of the USSR and the European Union, this is a story that reveals
how empires are created and organized, how later empires resolve the
problems of governance faced by earlier empires, and how the political
and cultural legacies of ancient empires are still felt today.