Introduction: New visions of ancient empires / Thomas Harrison
1. The Empire of New Kingdom Egypt 1539 -1609 BC / Bill Manly
2. The Hittite Empire 1650 - 1200 BC / Trevor Bryce
3. The Empires of Assyria and Babylonia 900 - 539 BC / Marc van de Mieroop
4. The First Persian Empire 550 - 330 BC / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
5. The Athenian Empire 478 - 404 BC, 378-338 BC / Alastair Blanshard
6. The Empire of Alexander and His Successors 338 - 60 BC / Michael Sommer and Thomas Harrison
7. The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires c. 247 BC - AD 300 / Ted Kaiser
8. The Roman Empire 27BC - AD476 / Michael Sommer
9. The Early Empires of South Asia 323 BC - AD 220 / Robin Coningham and Mark Manuel
10. The Early Empires of China 221 BC - AD 220.
