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With the recently-introduced feature of book reviews, we now have our first full-length book review of Peter Davidson's Atlas of Empires. In cooperation with the publisher we have also included some content from the book on Ancient History Encyclopedia: The definitions of Empire in general and of the Achaemenid Empire in particular are now chapers taken from the book. As always, we are in need of more book reviews! If you are reading many ancient history books, why not write a review for Ancient History Encylcopedia?
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An empire is a political construct in which one state dominates over another state, or a series of states. At its heart, an empire is ruled by an emperor, even though many states in history without an emperor at their head are called "empires". At its core, an empire is the domination of one state by another. This idea lies at the heart... [continue reading]
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In Greek mythology the Titan Atlas was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders, a burden given to him as punishment by Zeus. Father of many stars and a protagonist in one of Hercules’ famous labours, this giant of a god gave his name to a huge mountain range in northern Africa, the great Atlantic Ocean and any large collection... [continue reading]
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