day of empire – how hyperpowers rise to global dominance – and why they fall. Amy Chua. Doubleday, New York, 2007. This work had so much anticipatory potential as Amy Chua’s previous ...

The other day, Minnesota Public Radio aired a documentary that asked the following question: “Is the United States becoming an empire?” I chuckled to myself and immediately thought every student at ...

In Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest, Felicity Kendal discovers the story of India’s long love affair with Shakespeare – from the first days of Empire to Bollywood and beyond.

Rome remained the capital of the Western Roman Empire, while Constantinople - modern-day Istanbul - was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire. Rome - and the ...