In the shadow of the gods: the emperor in world history

Being an emperor

Cradle of empire : the Ancient Near East and the world's first emperors

The Persian emperors and Alexander of Macedon

The Roman imperial monarchy

Ashoka, India and the origins of Buddhism

The origins of Chinese emperorship

Nomads

Imperial civilization and Chinese tradition : the Tang and Song Dynasties

The Islamic Caliphate : the ultimate universal empire

Charles V and Philip II : the first global Emperors

Emperors, caliphs and sultans : the Ottoman Dynasty

The Mughals : India's greatest dynasty

China's last dynasties : the Ming and the Qing

The Romanovs : dynastic, Russian, European and Eurasian emperors

Europe on the eve of modernity : the Habsburgs, the French Revolution and Napoleon

Emperors and modernity : 1815-1945.