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HIST 101: World Societies to 1453 - M. Petrou

Students will use this guide to differentiate between Primary and Secondary sources. They will learn that some materials can be used as both types of sources.

Hist 101: World Societies to 1453

Marissa.petrou@louisiana.edu

“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.”—Tacitus

“All empires fall, eventually.”

“But why? It’s not for lack of power. In fact, it seems to be the opposite. Their power lulls them into comfort. They become undisciplined. Those who had to earn power are replaced by those who have known nothing else. Who have no comprehension of the need to rise above base desires.”—Max Barry

Roman Empire Map

Articles on Empires

  • Charles C. Verharen. 2006. “Philosophy Against Empire: An Ancient Egyptian Renaissance.” Journal of Black Studies 36 (6): 958.
  • D. G. Hogarth. 1914. “Egyptian Empire in Asia.” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 1 (1): 9.
  • Arthur Eckstein. 2009. “What Is an Empire? Rome and the Greeks after 188 B.C.” South Central Review 26 (3): 20.
  • IN-BOR HUI, VICTORIA. 2018. “The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power.&rdquo Journal of Chinese Studies 67 (July): 301–5.

Books on Empires

  • Cobo, Bernabé, and Roland Hamilton. 1979. History of the Inca Empire : An Account of the Indians’ Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions. The Texas Pan American Series. University of Texas Press.
  • Lewis, Mark Edward. 2007. The Early Chinese Empires. History of Imperial China. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
  • Morley, Neville. 2010. The Roman Empire : Roots of Imperialism. Roots of Imperialism. London: Pluto Press.
  • Olmstead, A. T. 1948. History of the Persian Empire : Achaemenid Period. University of Chicago Press.
  • Van Tuerenhout, Dirk R. 2005. The Aztecs : New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO’s Understanding Ancient Civilizations. ABC-CLIO.