Empire Autopsy: How the Mongols Conquered the World and Lost ThemselvesA revolutionary examination of history's greatest empire reveals how unprecedented success planted the seeds of inevitable collapse.In 1206, a tribal confederation led by a minor chieftain named Temüjin began a conquest that would create the largest contiguous empire in human history. Within fifty years, Mongol armies had swept from Korea to Hungary, controlling trade routes that connect...

Empire Autopsy: The Rise and Fall of the Persian EmpireA groundbreaking analysis of thirteen centuries of Persian imperial governance and its enduring lessons for contemporary political systemsIn this masterful work of historical analysis, Empire Autopsy conducts a forensic examination of one of history's most enduring and influential political systems, the Persian Empire that governed nearly half the civilized world for over thirt...