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Jim Masselos: The Great Empires of Asia [2018] paperback Condition:Very Good He's sold his pitch onAsian empires led the world economically, scientifically and culturally for hundreds of years, and posed a constant challenge to the countries of Europe. How and why did those empires gain such power, and lose it? What legacies did they leave? This book brings together a team of distinguished historians to survey seven great Asian empires that rose and fell between 800 ce and the mid 20th century: the Mongol Empire, Ming Dynasty of China, Khmer