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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>Cast of Characters</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>8</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Map of An Age of Empires, 1200--1750</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>10</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Introduction: Days of Empire</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>12</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Golden Khan, Golden Reins, Golden Horde: The Mongols Ride Out</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>16</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(11)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Horse Sense and Hard Lives</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Conquering the World</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Anonymous, The Secret History of the Mongols, 13th century</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>25</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Who's Next? The Mongols Reach Their Limit</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>27</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(10)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Assassins, Brides, and the Tartar Yoke</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>A Nomadic Army Loses its Grip</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo, 13th century</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>28</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(9)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Twice as Powerful: Poland and Lithuania Unite</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>37</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(11)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Fighting Christians and Pious Pagans</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Flowers Before the Flood</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Guillaume Le Vasseur Beauplan, A Description of Ukraine, 1744</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>44</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Troubled Times, Troubled Tsars: The Russian Empire</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>48</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Fear and Rage: The Rule of Ivan the Terrible</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Russia Looks Westward</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Sophia, electress of Hanover, letter about Peter the Great, 1687</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>56</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Real Mughals, Not the Reel Moguls: Empire in India</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>60</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Babur the Tiger Takes India</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>An Empire Withers</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Francois Bernier, Travels in the Mogul Empire, 1670</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>65</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(7)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Triumph of the Turks: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>72</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(11)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Rule by the Sword</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Sack of Constantinopole</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Evliya Celebi, Book of Travels, 17th century</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>81</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>When Tents Become Towers: The Sultans Settle Down</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>83</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Suleyman Eludes the Poisoned Shirt</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Spring Tulips, Wilting Empire</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Anonymous, archives of the Turkish prime minister, 1749</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>90</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(5)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Stocking the Royal Spice Cabinet: The Portuguese Empire</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>95</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Henry, Armchair Navigator</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Running Out of Wind</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Gomes Eannes de Zurara, Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, 15th century</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>104</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(3)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>``Go Further!'': Spain Expands across an Ocean</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>107</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(13)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>1492, A Remarkable Year</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Enemies at Every Turn</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Reginaldo de Montesinos, sermon delivered in a Dominican church, 1511</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>116</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Wedding Ring Empire: Europe under the Habsburgs</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>120</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(13)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>Out of Many, One</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Queen of Common Sense</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Emanuel Tarouca, Letter to Empress Maria Theresa, 1740</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>130</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(3)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Teenagers Take the Throne: Manchu China</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>133</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(11)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Civilized Barbarians</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=60></TD><TD>The Celestial Suns: Kangxi and Qianlong</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Cheng Panch'io, a letter to his brother, 1732</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>135</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(9)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Epilogue: Remembering the Conquests</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>144</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Glossary</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>146</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Timeline</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>148</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Further Reading</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>150</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(3)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Websites</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>153</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(1)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>154</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Text and Picture Credits</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>158</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

157 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.

The Age of Empires includes some of the most colorful, ruthless, and restless figures in all of history. During this time Genghis Khan told his troops to "fall upon the enemy like falcons", Ivan the Terrible expelled Mongol invaders from Russia but murdered his own son in a fit of rage, and Babur the Tiger ruled India, combining ferocity on the battlefield with a love of books and poetry. It is a period of extremes: Muslim Turks tolerated Jews and Christians within the Ottoman Empire yet under the Habsburgs the devastating Thirty Years' War pitted Catholics against Protestants. Lithuanian society was remarkably open, granting women the right to own property and decide their religious beliefs while Spanish and Portuguese colonizers enslaved Native Americans and Africans in Peru and Angola. Beautifully illustrated and filled with maps and primary sources, The Age of Empires captures both the historical sweep and vivid details of this transformative period. From Marco Polo's eyewitness account of an opulent Chinese banquet to a missionary's sermon denouncing Spanish atrocities in the Caribbean, these documents bring the era dramatically to life. They show how the spread of empires meant new lands and great wealth for the conquerors, and death, destruction, and slavery for the conquered. But The Age of Empires also shows how, in their relentless outward expansions, imperial rulers brought vastly different peoples into contact, opening new trade routes and stimulating intellectual development, as cultures exchanged both goods and ideas. In these ways as well as others, the Age of Empires is the beginning of our own age

An age of empires, 1200-1750