TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hyslop,Stephen G.
AU  - Daniels,Patricia
ED  - National Geographic Society (U.S.)
TI  - Great empires: an illustrated atlas 
SN  - 9781426208294
AV  - D13 .H97 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Geographic
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - Atlases
KW  - History, Ancient
KW  - Middle Ages
KW  - History, Modern
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 356) and index; Part I,  The Ancient World 2600 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The Ancient Middle East: Tumultuous cradle of empires -- Egypt on the rise: Lords of the Nile -- Mediterranean conquests: Greece, Carthage, and Rome -- Classical Asia: India and China -- Part II, The Middle Ages 500-1500 -- Byzantium and the Arab world: Empires of faith -- Medieval Asia: The Khmer, Mongols, and Ming -- Medieval Europe and Africa: Christian and Muslim dynasties -- Native American empires: The Toltec, Aztec, and Inca -- Part III, Modern Empires 1500s-1900s -- Western Europe and the Americas: Colonization and rebellion -- Mediterranean and Africa: Ottoman Empire and Asante -- Greatness in the East: The Mughals, Qing, and Romanovs -- Epilogue: The collapse of modern empires
ER  -