Rise and Fall
a history of the world in ten empires
$25.50
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2020
Summary
From Mesopotamia to Modernity: A Journey Through History’s Greatest Empires
Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473698666 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473698669 |
| Author: | Paul Strathern |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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I find them hard to stop reading … seductive … Mr. Strathern’s books are well-written, clear and informed; they have a breezy wit about them - The New York Times on PHILOSOPHERS IN 90 MINUTES
Strathern combines diligent archival research with an exemplary narrative verve and keeps the pages turning - Financial Times on DEATH IN FLORENCELust and greed is a fascinating study in itself, and Paul Strathern’s Death in Florence grips the reader from the first page … It is an arresting and horrifying tale, and Strathern tells it with immense skill and verve - New Statesman on DEATH IN FLORENCEAbout The Author
Paul Strathern
Paul Strathern is the author of numerous books about science, history, philosophy and literature, including two series, Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World, and the Sunday Times bestseller The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance.
He also won a Somerset Maugham award for his novel A Season in Abyssinia. He formerly lectured in philosophy and mathematics at Kingston University. He lives in London.
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