Empires in World History

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I bought this book as a text to accompany a Master's Degree unit on Empires. I love to read history books but my pet hate is how they are rarely written in logical sequences and this book falls into that category. Rather than discussing say the Roman Empire in logical stages - its emergence, how it sustained itself, the differences in how different Emperors ran it, the problems it had, and then its retraction, they discuss it in categories such as its Economy, War and Religion and then go through each stage of the Empire and the Emperors within that category. E.g. Ceasar ran the economy this way, Augustine this way, etc, etc. whereas I would prefer a section just on Ceasar with subcategories of each subject of Economy, War, Empire Building, Religion, Politics, issues... It drives me crazy that all history texts and essays don't logically separate eras or sections properly - it makes it difficult to remember what happened when and they become confusing to read. While the authors are writing how the discipline of history tends to write overall, I wish someone would start writing history differently and more logically!

The quality of the book was so bad. Most pages of the book were highlighted to the extent that reading the book was troublesome

Excellent, comprehensive read!

I bought this for my current OU module as the reviews were good, even though it was a bit expensive. Having started to dip into it, I am so pleased to have bought it. It is clearly set out and easy to read; it's proving extremely useful and interesting. I've already referenced it in my recent essay and I can see, I'll be referencing it regularly.