EMPIRES (H/B)

Παρουσίαση

The word "empires" has been used throughout history to mean different states of political power in different times. Akkad, Assyria, Rome, the Mongols, Aztec, Habsburgs, British, and the U.S.A. - all have held sway over far-flung territories and peoples, usually by force, always economically. Each convulsion of political power is unique to the empire and its needs. The building of an empire inevitably means suffering for the conquered, but empires have also contributed to stability and wealth, and many have acted as catalysts for social, political, and technological progress. But what drives one nation to expand and exert its influence over others? With specially commissioned maps, colour illustrations and photographs, "Historical Atlas of Empires" explores and explains the ever-changing concept of empire from the ancient Akkadians of Iraq to the superpowers of the 21st century. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)