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After tamerlane the rise and fall of global empires 1400-2000

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Penguin Books 2008Description: x,569pISBN:
  • 978014101229
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.08DAR
Summary: Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today.
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Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today.

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