Ancient Empires Before Alexander

A Meditation on Empire

Lands, Seas, and Sources

Sargon and the Dawn of Empire

The Third Dynasty of Ur

The Empire of Hammurabi

Mitanni and the Kassites

The Rise of Hatti

The Government of Hatti

Hatti at War

The Climax and Collapse of Hatti

The Rise of the Egyptian Empire

The Imperial Army and Administration

The End of the Egyptian Empire

The Minoan Thalassocracy

Mycenae and the Dawn of Greece

The Collapse of the Mycenaean World

The Birth of Israel

The Empire of David and Solomon

The Dawn of Assyria

The Rise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Government of Assyria

Assyria at War

The Climax and Collapse of Assyria

The Neo-Babylonian Empire

The Rise of the Persian Empire

The Outbreak of the Greek Wars

Xerxes and the Invasion of Greece

From Plataea to the Peace of Callias

The Persian Empire From 450 to 334

The Government and Army of Persia

Alexander and the Fall of Persia

The Origins of Carthage and Its Empire

Ruling and Defending Carthage's Empire

The First War With Rome

Hannibal and the Fall of Carthage

Ancient Empires Before Alexander, and After