The Great Empires of the Ancient World

Thomas Harrison

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Year: 2021
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780500775738
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to AD 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, in ten comprehensive chapters, taking in the empires of New Kingdom Egypt; the Hittites; Assyria and Babylonia; Achaemenid Persia; Athens; Alexander; Parthian and early Sasanian Persia; Rome; India; and Qin and Han China. Each chapter conveys the main narrative of events, their impact on ancient societies and the dominant rulers who shaped that history, from Ramesses II in Egypt to Chandragupta in India, from Romes Augustus to Chinas Shi-huangdi. Exploring the very nature of empire itself, the authors show how profoundly imperialism in the distant past influenced the 19th-century powers and the modern United States.

RULERS AND LEADERS

PHARAOHS OF NEW KINGDOM EGYPT

18th Dynasty
1539–1514 BC	Ahmose I
1514–1493 BC	Amenhotep I
1493–1481 BC	Thutmose I
1481–1479 BC	Thutmose II
1479–1425 BC	Thutmose III
(1473–1458 BC	Hatshepsut)
1426–1400 BC	Amenhotep II
1400–1390 BC	Thutmose IV
1390–1353 BC	Amenhotep III
1353–1336 BC	Akhenaten
1336–1332 BC	Smenkhkara
1332–1322 BC	Tutankhamun
1322–1319 BC	Ay
1319–1292 BC	Horemheb
19th Dynasty
1292–1290 BC	Ramesses I
1290–1279 BC	Sety I
1279–1213 BC	Ramesses II
1213–1204 BC	Merenptah
1204–1198 BC	Sety II
(1202–1200 BC	Amenmesse)
1198–1193 BC	Siptah
1198–1190 BC	Twosret
20th Dynasty
1190–1187 BC	Sethnakhte
1187–1156 BC	Ramesses III
1156–1150 BC	Ramesses...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• About the Author
• Other Titles of Interest
• Contents
• Introduction: New Visions of Ancient Empires
• The Empire of New Kingdom Egypt
• The Hittite Empire
• Plate Section One
• The Empires of Assyria and Babylonia
• The First Persian Empire
• The Athenian Empire
• The Empire of Alexander and his Successors
• The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires
• The Roman Empire
• The Early Empires of South Asia
• Plate Section Two
• The Early Empires of China
• Rulers and Leaders
• Contributors
• Further Reading
• Picture Credits
• Index
• Copyright