Day of Empire
How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and Why They Fall
Von Amy Chua · 2009
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- Über diese AusgabeISBN: 9780307472458, 0307472450Seitenanzahl: 432Veröffentlicht: 6. Januar 2009Format: E-BookVerlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupSprache: EnglischAutor: Amy ChuaZitation erstellenInhaltONE
THE FIRST HEGEMON The Great Persian Empire from Cyrus to Alexander
When Cyrus entered Babylon in 539 B.C., the world was old. More significant, the world knew its antiquity. Its scholars had compiled long dynastic lists, and simple addition appeared to prove that kings whose monuments were still visible had ruled more than four millenniums before.
--A. T. Olmstead, History of the Persian Empire, 1948 I should be glad, Onesicritus, to come back to life for a little while after my death to discover how men read these present events then.
--Alexander the Great, quoted by Lucien in How to Write History, circa AD 40 The word paradise is Persian in origin. Old Persian had a term pairidaeza, which the Greeks rendered as paradeisos, referring to the fabulous royal parks an...Quelle: VerlagWeitere Informationen zu dieser AusgabeWeniger anzeigenWeitere Ausgaben6. Jan. 2009200730. Okt. 200710. Mai 2011Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupDoubledayKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group講談社TaschenbuchHardcoverE-Book—432 Seiten396 Seiten256 Seiten449 SeitenHäufige Begriffe und WortgruppenAchaemenid EmpireancientarmyAsiabarbariansbecameBriantBritainBritishCambridgecapitalCatholiccenturyChinaChineseChristianscitiesCivilizationcolonialconqueredconquestconversosculturalCyrus to AlexanderDariusDutch RepublicdynastyEasteconomicelitesemperorempire'sEnglandEnglishethnicEuropeexforceforeignFranceGenghis KhanGermanglobalGreekWeitere Begriffe und WortgruppenWeniger anzeigenBuch besorgenAusleihenIn Bücherei suchenIn "WorldCat" suchen.Auf WorldCat suchenÜber das WerkDatum der Erstveröffentlichung: Oktober 2007Genres: Politikwissenschaft, BibliografieAutorAmy ChuaAmerikanische Hochschullehrerin und JuristinAmy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is a noted expert in the fields of international business, ethnic conflict, and globalization. Her first book, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, a New York Times bestseller, was selected by both The Economist and the U.K.'s Guardian as one of the Best Books of the Year. Her second book, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance-and Why They Fall, was a critically acclaimed Foreign Affairs bestseller. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband and two daughters.In Amy Chua suchenMehr von diesem AutorBattle Hymn of the Tiger MotherVon Amy Chua“Courageous and thought-provoking.” —David Brooks, The New York Times“Breathtakingly personal . . . [Chua’s] tale is as compelling as a good thriller.” —The Financial Times"[F]ascinating. . . . the ...The Triple PackageHow Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in AmericaVon Amy Chua, Jed Rubenfeld"That certain groups do much better in America than others as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on is difficult to talk about. In large part this is because the topic feels ...Political TribesGroup Instinct and the Fate of NationsVon Amy ChuaThe bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua offers a bold new prescription for reversing our foreign policy failures and overcoming our destructive ...Weitere BücherVerlagKnopf CanadaIn Knopf Canada suchen