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WORLD HISTORY / GENERAL

ABC-CLIO SERIES
Empires of the World

The Empires of the World series explores the defining characteristics of the greatest empires in world history, such as the Spanish
empire, the Roman empire, and the British empire. Each work contains a timeline, overview essays, reference entries arranged in
topical sections, and a selection of primary source documents introduced by headnotes. The books help students understand the
factors that led to the rise and fall of the empires, their various forms of government, and the key people who shaped them. Taken
together, the works in this series help students compare and contrast different empires across places and periods.

NEW The Persian Empire The Mongol Empire
The Ottoman Empire A Historical Encyclopedia A Historical Encyclopedia

2 VOLUMES | MEHRDAD KIA 2 VOLUMES | TIMOTHY MAY, EDITOR
A Historical Encyclopedia
2 VOLUMES | MEHRDAD KIA

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eBook: 978-1-61069-389-9 Covering the rise and fall of the Mongol
> AWARD WINNER
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2017 Best Historical Materials –RUSA
This two-volume reference provides the figures, places, and events that led
university and high school students— “ A useful introduction for this once-beleaguered region to rise up
and the general public—with a wealth beginning researchers at all to become the largest contiguous empire
of information on one of the most levels. Recommended. High in history.
important empires the world has ever school, community college, FEATURES
known. and undergraduate students;
general readers. • Introduces key figures, including
FEATURES ” women and lesser known members of
• Features numerous primary —Choice, March 1, 2017 the military and government
documents that add to the vividness This well-balanced reference on ancient • Contains a broad selection of
of the portrayal of individuals and Persia demonstrates the region’s annotated primary documents to
events foster student research
contributions to the growth and
development of human civilization from
MEHRDAD KIA, PhD, is director of the TIMOTHY MAY, PhD, is professor of
Central and Southwest Asian Studies the 7th century BCE through the fall of Eurasian history and associate dean
Center and professor of history at the the Persian Sasanian Empire in 651CE. of the college of arts and letters at the
University of Montana. University of North Georgia.
MEHRDAD KIA, PhD, is director of the
Central and Southwest Asian Studies
Center and professor of history at the
University of Montana.
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