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In recent years, an interest in empire(s) has emerged in Assyriology, Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Studies and in other areas of the study of the ancient world. C
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"In this extraordinary volume, Krishan Kumar provides us with a brilliant tour of some of history's most important empires, demonstrating the critical importanc
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The contrast between the temperate and the tropical is one of the most enduring themes in the history of the Western geographical imagination. Caught between th