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In the shadow of the gods : the emperor in world history / Dominic Lieven.

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ISBN: 9780735222199
ISBN: 0735222193
Physical Description: xxii, 500 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm.
Edition: First North American edition.
Publisher: New York : Viking, 2022.

General Note:	"First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Allen Lane, in 2022."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Being an emperor -- Cradle of empire : the Ancient Near East and the world's first emperors -- The Persian emperors and Alexander of Macedon -- The Roman imperial monarchy -- Ashoka, India and the origins of Buddhism -- The origins of Chinese emperorship -- Nomads -- Imperial civilization and Chinese tradition : the Tang and Song Dynasties -- The Islamic Caliphate : the ultimate universal empire -- Charles V and Philip II : the first global Emperors -- Emperors, caliphs and sultans : the Ottoman Dynasty -- The Mughals : India's greatest dynasty -- China's last dynasties : the Ming and the Qing -- The Romanovs : dynastic, Russian, European and Eurasian emperors -- Europe on the eve of modernity : the Habsburgs, the French Revolution and Napoleon -- Emperors and modernity : 1815-1945.