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  • After Tamerlane

  • The Global History of Empire Since 1405
  • By: John Darwin
  • Narrated by: Peter Johnson
  • Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (62 ratings)

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After Tamerlane

By: John Darwin
Narrated by: Peter Johnson
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Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today.

From the death of Tamerlane in 1405, to America's rise to world "hyperpower," to the resurgence of China and India as global economic powers, After Tamerlane is a grand historical narrative that offers a new perspective on the past, present, and future of empires.

©2008 John Darwin (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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Comprehensive Single Volume

Simply the best comprehensive one volume history of the modern era. If you're wondering why the world looks the way it does, you have to read this one.

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Wow. Impressive width and deep analysis combine

Scope is enormous, the idea of Eurasia as a particular geographic location for ideas and habits and large states rather than Europe and Asia is convincing. I thought more about The ubiquity of empires small and large. No hero worshipping but no bashing of victors either. A Really intelligent book. Hard to put down. Not David Harvey and definitely not Niall Ferguson (thank goodness)

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