Empires in world history : power and the politics of difference Imperial trajectories Imperial rule in Rome and China After Rome : empire Christianity and Islam Eurasian connections : the Mongol empires Beyond the Mediterranean : Ottoman and Spanish empires Oceanic economies and colonial societies : Europe Asia and the Americas Beyond the steppe : empire building in Russia and China Empire nation and citizenship in a revolutionary age Empires across continents : the United States and Russia Imperial repertoires and myths of modern colonialism Sovereignty and empire : nineteenth century Europe and its near abroad War and revolution in a world of empires 1914 to 1945 End of empire Empires states and political imagination