Short-term Empires in World History

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
 Approaching Short-Term Empires in World History, a First Attempt  (Robert Rollinger, Julian Degen, Michael Gehler)....Pages 1-21
 The European Union: A Short-Term Empire?  (Michael Gehler)....Pages 23-55
 The Hunnic Empire of Attila  (Peter Heather)....Pages 57-86
 The Timurid Empire  (Beatrice F. Manz)....Pages 87-101
 The Latin Empire of Constantinople (1204–1261): Rise and Fall of a Short-Term State in the Romania  (Ekaterini Mitsiou)....Pages 103-128
 Mithradates VI and the Pontic Empire  (Sabine Müller)....Pages 129-153
 The Ghaznavids of Eastern Iran, a Postcolonial Muslim Empire  (Lucian Reinfandt)....Pages 155-165
 Because Empire Means Forever: Babylon and Imperial Disposition  (Seth Richardson)....Pages 167-187
 The Medes of the 7th and 6th c. BCE: A Short-Term Empire or Rather a Short-Term Confederacy?  (Robert Rollinger)....Pages 189-213
 In a League of Its Own? Nāder Šāh and His Empire  (Giorgio Rota)....Pages 215-226
 The Barcids and Hannibal  (Kai Ruffing)....Pages 227-244
 Theoderic and the Ostrogoths—a Short-Term Empire? Decapitated or Defective?  (Christoph Schäfer)....Pages 245-261
 The Rise of Hitler’s Empire and Its Apex (1933–1942)  (Arnold Suppan)....Pages 263-305
 From Warlord to Emperor: The Careers of Shamshi-Adad and Hammurabi  (Marc Van De Mieroop)....Pages 307-316
 The ‘Empire’ of the Hephthalites  (Josef Wiesehöfer, Robert Rollinger)....Pages 317-329
Back Matter ....Pages 331-344