# Rise and Fall

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- Authors: [Paul Strathern](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-strathern)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2019-08-29

## Description

Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire . . . Combining breathtaking scope with masterful concision, Paul Strathern traces connections across four millennia and sheds new light on these major civilizations - from the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty to the Aztec and Ottoman, through to the most recent and biggest Empires: the British, Russo-Soviet and American. Charting 5,000 years of global history in ten succinct chapters, Rise and Fall makes comprehensive and inspiring reading to anyone fascinated by the history of the world.

## Editions

### Rise and Fall

- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-14-7369-866-6
- Published: 2020-07-09
- Language: en_GB

### Rise and Fall

- Publisher: Hodder Stoughton
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-7369-865-9
- Published: 2019-08-29
- Language: en_GB

### Rise and Fall

- Publisher: Hodder Stoughton
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7369-864-2
- Published: 2019-08-29
- Language: en_GB