Painting by Ahn Gyeon (안견/安堅), Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (몽유도원도/夢遊桃源圖), 1447.

10.10.09

Empires (from East, West and in between)

Immediately before Worlds at War, I read the highly recommended After Tamerlane. The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000, by John Darwin (Penguin Books, 2008, 592 pages), winner of the prestigious Wolfson History Prize in 2007:


The Guardian's very favourable review is available here.
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2 comments:

  1. Paul Frank11 October 2009 at 12:43

    Hi Armando,

    I like your blog. I studied Portuguese and Chinese at university many years ago. You may find some things of interest in my blog, "Chronicon Mundi" (http://chroniconmundi.blogspot.com/).

    Paul

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  2. Armando Isaac11 October 2009 at 18:09

    Thank you!
    Your blog, and your knowledge of languages, are impressive!

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