After Tamerlane
The Rise & Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000. Winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2007
(Sprache: Englisch)
The death of the great Tatar emperor Tamerlane in 1405, writes historian John Darwin, was a turning point in world history. Never again would a single warlord, raiding across the steppes, be able to unite Eurasia under his rule. After Tamerlane, a series of...
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The death of the great Tatar emperor Tamerlane in 1405, writes historian John Darwin, was a turning point in world history. Never again would a single warlord, raiding across the steppes, be able to unite Eurasia under his rule. After Tamerlane, a series of huge, stable empires were founded and consolidated--Chinese, Mughal, Persian, and Ottoman--realms of such grandeur, sophistication, and dynamism that they outclassed the fragmentary, quarrelsome nations of Europe in every respect. The nineteenth century saw these empires fall vulnerable to European conquest, creating an age of anarchy and exploitation, but this had largely ended by the twenty-first century, with new Chinese and Indian super-states and successful independent states in Turkey and Iran.
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Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Soviets, the Japanese and the Nazis.All built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in his magnificent book, their empire building created the world we know today.
From the death of Tamerlane in 1405, last of the 'world conquerors', to the rise and fall of European empires, and from America's growing colonial presence to the resurgence of India and China as global economic powers, After Tamerlane provides a wonderfully intriguing perspective on the past, present and future of empires.
Autoren-Porträt von John Darwin
John Darwin was until his retirement last year Professor of Imperial and Global History at the University of Oxford. He is the author of After Tamerlane, Unfinished Empire and The Empire Project.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John Darwin
- 2008, Repr., 592 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 12,8 x 2,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0141010223
- ISBN-13: 9780141010229
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.04.2007
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „After Tamerlane “
"Marvellously illuminating...Darwin sustains an intricate thesis with enormous panache."--"Independent "(UK ) "Elegant and brilliant....wonderful and imaginative...a deeply significant book."--"Sunday Times "(UK )
"Undoubtedly a great work, a book that goes truly global in chronicling the history of one of our abiding concerns: the pull and limitations of absolute power."--"St. Petersburg Times"
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