Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

English summary: European Empires with their multi-ethnic societies have long been considered as failures, and their history was often presented as a narrative

By consulting rare manuscripts, images, maps, and books, Jonathan Hart explores the relatively neglected empires of Portugal and the Netherlands to draw new con

First comparative analysis of the role of local elites and populations in the formation of the two main Hellenistic empires.

Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries.

Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire