Empires of Bronze: The Shadow of Troy (Empires of Bronze #5) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empires of Bronze: The Shadow of Troy (Empires of Bronze #5) write by Gordon Doherty. This book was released on 2021-09-30. Empires of Bronze: The Shadow of Troy (Empires of Bronze #5) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The war at Troy has raged for ten years. Its final throes will echo through eternity… 1258 BC: Surrounded and outnumbered by the army of Agamemnon, King Priam and his Trojan forces fight desperately to defend their city. In the lulls between battle, all talk inevitably turns to the mighty ally that has not yet arrived to their aid. Agamemnon will weep for mercy, the Trojans say, when the eastern horizons darken with the endless ranks of the Hittite Empire. King Hattu has endured a miserable time since claiming the Hittite throne. Vassals distance themselves while rival empires circle, mocking him as an illegitimate king. Worst of all, the army of the Hittites is but a memory, destroyed in the civil war that won him the throne. Knowing that he must honour his empire’s oath to protect Troy, he sets off for Priam’s city with almost nothing, praying that the dreams he has endured since his youth – of Troy in ruins – can be thwarted. All the way, an ancient mantra rings in his head: Hittites should always heed their dreams.
The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia
The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia write by Claudia Glatz. This book was released on 2020-11-12. The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book reconsiders the concept of empire and examines the processes of imperial making and undoing in Hittite Anatolia (c. 1600-1180 BCE).
Empires of the Silk Road
Empires of the Silk Road - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empires of the Silk Road write by Christopher I. Beckwith. This book was released on 2009-03-16. Empires of the Silk Road available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An epic account of the rise and fall of the Silk Road empires The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization. Beckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans' migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; he details the basis for the thriving economy of premodern Central Eurasia, the economy's disintegration following the region's partition by the Chinese and Russians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the damaging of Central Eurasian culture by Modernism; and he discusses the significance for world history of the partial reemergence of Central Eurasian nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Empires of the Silk Road places Central Eurasia within a world historical framework and demonstrates why the region is central to understanding the history of civilization.
Empires of Bronze: Thunder at Kadesh (Empires of Bronze #3)
Empires of Bronze: Thunder at Kadesh (Empires of Bronze #3) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empires of Bronze: Thunder at Kadesh (Empires of Bronze #3) write by Gordon Doherty. This book was released on 2020-09-24. Empires of Bronze: Thunder at Kadesh (Empires of Bronze #3) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It will be the cruellest war ever waged, and the Gods will gather to watch… 1275 BC: Tensions between the Hittite and Egyptian Empires erupt and the two great superpowers mobilise for all-out war. Horns blare across the Hittite northlands and the dunes of Egypt rumble with the din of drums as each gathers an army of unprecedented size. Both set their eyes upon the border between their domains, and the first and most important target: a desert city whose name will toll through history. Kadesh! Prince Hattu has lived in torment for years, plagued by the memory of his wife’s murder. Thoughts of her poisoner, Volca the Sherden – for so long safe and distant by Pharaoh Ramesses’ side – have sullied his dreams, blackened his waking hours and driven him to commit the darkest of deeds. Now that war is here, he at last has the chance to confront his nemesis and have his vengeance. But as the ancient world goes to war, Hattu will learn that the cold, sweet kiss of revenge comes at a terrible price.
Empires of Bronze: The Crimson Throne (Empires of Bronze #4)
Empires of Bronze: The Crimson Throne (Empires of Bronze #4) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empires of Bronze: The Crimson Throne (Empires of Bronze #4) write by Gordon Doherty. This book was released on 2021-04-15. Empires of Bronze: The Crimson Throne (Empires of Bronze #4) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A story of bloody and world-shaking revenge The King of the Hittites has been slain, and a reign of terror begins… 1272 BC: Prince Hattu returns home from the battlefield of Kadesh to find his nephew on the throne, the old king’s blood dripping from his hands. Under Urhi-Teshub’s reign, the Hittite realm has become a land of fear and violent reprisals. Ancient family lines and old ways are being wiped out as the young tyrant strengthens his bronze-fisted grip on power. Hattu’s loved ones are spared only in return for his absolute obedience. Yet he knows he must choose between his family and his burning need for restitution. The Goddess Ishtar, ever-present in his dreams, assures him that there is only one future. A war for the throne is coming… and blood will be let.
