Monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient world. This volume offers the first substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's court. The monarchies treated are Achaemenid and Sassanian Persia, the empire of Alexander, Rome under both the early and later Caesars, the Han rulers of China and Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty.
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The Creatures of Man
A future war is being fought across the galaxy and the key to victory can be found on the legendary lost world where humanity originated - Earth. But even if the lost homeworld can be found, there may be no place for humans on it anymore. The creatures which mankind once dominated have been raised to a high level of intelligence, and the future they plan is not one with any room for the former rulers of the planet.
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages is based on Jackson's Women Who Ruled and presents revised, expanded, updated entries from the prior book plus over 200 new entries bringing history up to date for female rulers of the past decade. The result: an illustrated reference covering not the rulers' lives and achievements, plus the era and nations which they governed.
