Day of Empire : : how Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--And why They Fall
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The first hegemon : the great Persian empire from Cyrus to Alexander -- Tolerance in Rome's high empire : gladiators, togas, and imperial glue -- China's golden age : the mix-blooded Tang dynasty -- The great Mongol empire : cosmopolitan barbarians -- The "purification" of medieval Spain : inquisition, expulsion, and the price of intolerance -- The Dutch world empire : diamonds, damask, and every "mongrel sect in Christendom" -- Tolerance and intolerance in the East : the Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal empires -- The British empire : "rebel buggers" and the "white man's burden" -- The American hyperpower : tolerance and the microchip -- The rise and fall of the Axis Powers : the strategic price of intolerance -- The challengers : China, the European Union, and India in the twenty-first century -- The day of empire : lessons of history.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Doubleday, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 396 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385512848
0385512848
1400077419
SUBJECTS
Imperialism -- History.
Hegemony -- History.