909.07
Bingham, Marjorie Wall,
An age of empires, 1200-1750 /
Marjorie Wall Bingham.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- 157 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. -
- Medieval & early modern world .
- Medieval and early modern world. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [150-153]) and index.
Not your average empires -- The end of the world? : dealing with the Mongols -- Beset on all sides, Poland/Lithuania -- Troubled times, troubled tsars : Russia -- The real Mughals, not the reel Moguls, India -- The Ottoman empire, the Turks triumph -- Istanbul is Constantinople, revival on the Dardenelles -- Sea and spices, Portugal -- The Spanish mission, go further! -- The Habsburg empire, marriage is the best policy -- Manchu overlay, Chinese core.