1. The Rise and Fall of Empires Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s Classical Empires Maps

2. Empires and Civilizations in Collision: The Persians and the Greeks The Persian Empire The Greeks Collision: The Greco-Persian Wars Collision: Alexander and the Hellenistic Era

3. Comparing Empires: Roman and Chinese Rome: From City-State to Empire China: From Warring States to Empire Consolidating the Roman and Chinese Empires The Collapse of Empires

4. Intermittent Empire: The Case of India

5. Chapter 4 Eurasian Empires, 500 B.C.E. ‒ 500 C.E. Map 4.1 The Persian Empire (p. 100) Map 4.2 Classical Greece (p. 102) Map 4.3 Alexander’s Empire and Successor States (p. 106) Map 4.4 The Roman Empire (p. 110) Map 4.5 Classical China (p. 113) Map 4.6 Empire in South Asia (p. 120) China’s Terra-Cotta Army (p. 96) Persepolis (p. 101) Alexander the Great (p. 107) Queen Boudica (p. 112) Meeting of Attila and Pope Leo I (p. 118) Ashoka of India (p. 121)