Dawn of Empire Written By Sam Barone

When I started to read Dawn of Empire and saw that it occurred in 3158 BC, and the print was tiny, and the pages were many, I immediately thought that this was another one of those period books that would be boring, too long to get anything from, and would throw it aside after a few pages. This is everything but the actual feeling I obtained when I started reading. WOW! It turns out that this story is very much a part of early history in our world with many names and places added to enrich the story. In reality nothing needed to be added to enrich this story. Sam Barone has a real winner here and I truthfully look forward to read his follow-up book.

Dawn of Empire takes place in areas on and near the Tigress River. Thutmose-sin is a leader of barbarians that plunder the land near and far, attack villages and take all the goods, gold, and slaves they can and then kill the rest and burn those villages. The villages would eventually rebuild and the barbarians would appear again in several years and do the same thing over again to the same villages. They were just as the term describes them-barbarians! The villages they raided were composed of farmers-dirt eaters-they were referred to by the barbarians. These farmers knew nothing of fighting. They only wanted to grow crops and animals for consumption, not be fighters. This made them vulnerable to the barbarian's brutal attacks.

Eskkar was a barbarian himself, whose family had been in Thutmose-sin's clan, enters the village of Orak where farmers did their thing and knew not how to fight barbarians. The leader of Orak had taken off with a band of warriors to attack other villages and become their own barbarian group, abandoning Orak. Nicar has taken over the village and is thinking how he can save Orak in the future. Eskkar is still a barbarian at heart when he is asked by Nicar what could be done to save Orak. This started Eskkar's mind in a different direction from any he had ever taken. Eskkar become one to HELP villagers save their village from the onslaught of the barbarians, becomes Captain of the Guard, and slowly puts his mind to work saving Orak.

In the process of trying to gain the villagers confidence, Eskkar does some things to make enemies among the tribe families that run the village. Nicar sees Eskkar's dilemma and gives him a recently acquired slave, Trella, who Nicar feels is very smart and much advanced in her thinking, especially for a fourteen-year old girl. Eskkar takes the girl, lives with her, and finds out the broad knowledge she has. Trella gives Eskkar many ideas as to how to proceed with building the defenses of Orak and gaining the trust of the villagers. They eventually fall in love even though Trella is only a slave. All know she is far too wise in her words and actions and many start listening and following her advice.

Eskkar begins the long process of building a defense around the village and changing the surrounding areas into swamps that would make an attack almost impossible. Riders would come into the village and tell of the location of the band of barbarians and in what direction they were headed. Orak villagers were sure they would be attacked within months and worked extremely hard to build their defenses.

Dawn of Empire builds suspense fast as it goes through time with the villagers and the barbarians. When the first attack comes, the village was as prepared as possible to defend itself but would it be enough? The reader will have a hard time stopping to turn off that light at night while reading, but there is always the next day! You will enjoy this adventure that combines history with Sam Barone's characters in a very moving tale of long ago.

Reader review by Cy Hilterman for http://www.bestsellersworld.com and http://www.mysteriesgalore.com

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Insult of China

During the 13th century, Mongols swept through China from the northwest. Mongol leader Kublai Khan established the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) in China. The Yuan dynasty was part of the great Mongol Empire, which was one of the largest land empires in history. It was during this time that China became known to Europeans through the accounts of Venetian traveler Marco Polo.






















The Manchus of Manchuria established the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). The Manchus were foreign invaders of China who adopted elements of the Chinese culture. They adapted most of their structure of government from that of the previous Ming dynasty.

Largest Empire (All empires)

1. British Empire - 36.6 million km² (under George V of the United Kingdom in 1922)

2. Mongol Empire - 33.2 million km² (under Kublai Khan in 1268)

3. Russian Empire - 24.8 million km² (under Alexander II in 1866) - including Alaska

5. Spanish Empire - 18 million km² (under King Charles III r. 1759-1788)

6. Umayyad Arab Caliphate - 13.2 million km²(Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik r. 723-743)

7. Qing Empire - 13 million km²(under Emperor Qianlong)

8. French Empire - 12.5 million km² (under President Albert Lebrun in 1938)

9. Portuguese Empire - 12.4 million km²

10. United States of America - 10 million km² (1898-1934)

11. Rashidun Arab caliphate - 9 million km² (Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan r. 644-656)

12. Empire of Brazil - 8.1 million km²

13. Achaemenid Persian Empire - 7.5 million km²(under Darius the Great)

14. Japanese Empire - 7.4 million km²(during World War II, the Showa Emperor)

15. Ming Empire - 6.5 million km²(under the Jingtai Emperor in 1450)

16. Han Empire - 6 million km²

17. Roman Empire - 5.9 million km² (under Emperor Trojan)

18. Ottoman Empire - 5.5 million km² (under Mehmed IV in 1680)

19. Macedonian Empire - 5.4 million km²(under Alexander the Great)

20. Tang Empire - 5.4 million km² (under the Xuanzong Emperor in 715)

21. Maurya Empire - 5 million km²(under Ashoka the Great)

22. Mughal Empire - 5 million km²(under Aurangzeb in 1690)

23. Byzantine Empire (under Justinian I) - 4.5 million km²

24. Timurid Empire - 4.4 million km²

25. Hunnic Empire - 4 million km²(under Attila the Hun in 441)

26. Mexican Empire - 4 million km²

27. Seljuq Empire - 3.9 million km²

28. Seleucid Empire - 3.9 million km²

29. Italian Empire - 3.8 million km² (during World War II)

30. Dutch Empire - 3.7 million km²

31. Nazi German Empire - 3.6 million km² (during World War II)

32. German Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Wilhelm II before WWI)

33. Gupta Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Chandragupta II in 400)

34. Sassanid Persian Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Khosrau II in 626)

35. Ghaznavid Empire - 3.4 million km²

36. Afsharid Empire - 3.23 million km² (under Nadir Shah)

37. Pala Empire - 3.2 million km² (under Devapala)

38. Delhi Sultanate - 3.2 million km²

39. Khazar Empire - 3 million km²

40. Safavid Empire - 2.85 million km²

41. Parthian Empire - 2.84 million km² (Under Mithridates II 123–88 BCE)

42. Median Empire - 2.8 million km²

43. Chola Empire - 2.6 million km² (under Rajendra Chola I)

44. Denmark-Norway - 2.6 million km²

45. Belgian Empire - 2.5 million km²

46. Qajar Empire - 2.3 million km²

47. Incan Empire - 2 million km² (Under Atahualpa in 1532)

48. Songhai Empire - 1.4 million km² (in 1500)

49. Neo-Assyrian Empire - 1.4 million km²

50. Aksumite Empire - 1.25 million km²

51. Srivijaya Empire - 1.2 million km²

52. Frankish Empire - 1.2 million km²

53. Thai Empire - 1.12 million km² (under Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke in 1782)

54. Mali Empire - 1.1 million km²

55. Swedish Empire - 1.1 million km²

56. Maratha Empire- 1 million km²

57. Harsha Empire - 1 million km²(under Harsha Vardhana in 648)

58. Egyptian Empire - 1 million km²

59. Almoravid Empire - 1 million km²

60. Khmer Empire - 1 million km²

61. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - 990,000 km² (under Sigismund III in 1619)

62. Grand Duchy of Lithuania - 930,000 km² (under Vytautas the Great in 1430)

63. Bulgarian Empire - 700,000 km² (under Tsar Simeon I)

64. Austro-Hungarian Empire - 676,615 km²

65. Akkadian Empire - 650,000 km²

66. Hittite Empire - 610,000 km²

67. Durrani Empire - 600,000 km²

68. Neo-Babylonian Empire - 500,000 km²

69. Armenian Empire - 400,000 km²

70. Vijayanagara Empire - 360,000 km²

71. Korean Empire - 220,186 km²

72. Serbian Empire - 200,000 km²

Largest empire (Medieval empires)

1.Mongol Empire - 33.2 million km² (under Khublai Khan in 1268)
2.Turkic Khaganate - 15 million km²
3.Umayyad Arab Empire - 13.2 million km²
4.Rashidun Arab Empire - 9 million km² (under Caliph Uthman in 654)[2]
5.Ming Chinese Empire - 6.5 million km²
6.Tang Chinese Empire - 5.4 million km²
7.Byzantine Empire/Eastern Roman Empire - 4.5 million km² (called themselves the 8Roman Empire)
8.Mughal Empire - 4 million km² (under Aurangzeb in 1690)
9.Seljuq Empire - 3.9 million km²
10.Sassanid Persian Empire - 3.5 million km²[1] (under Khosrau II in 626)
11.Xiongnu - 3.5 million km²
12.Ghaznavid Empire - 3.4 million km²
13.Pala Empire - 3.2 million km² (under Devapala)
14.Delhi Sultanate - 3.2 million km²
15.Uyghur Khaganate - 3.2 million km²
16.Nirun Khaganate - 3.1 million km²
17.Kalmar Union - 3 million km²
18.Khazar Empire - 3 million km²
19.Chola Empire - 2.6 million km² (under Rajendra Chola I)
20.Inca Empire (Tahuantinsuyu) - 2 million km² (Under Atahualpa in 1532)
21.Songhai Empire - 1.4 million km² (in 1500)[3]
22.Aksumite/Ethiopian Empire - 1.25 million km²[1]
23.Srivijaya Empire - 1.2 million km²
24.Frankish Empire - 1.2 million km²
25.Mali Empire - 1.1 million km²[1]
26.Harsha's empire - 1 million km² (under Harsha Vardhana in 648)
27.Almoravid Empire - 1 million km²
28.Khmer Empire - 1 million km²
29.Maratha Empire - 1 million km² ( in 1760 )
30.Grand Duchy of Lithuania - 930,000 km² (under Vytautas the Great in 1430)
31.Bulgarian Empire - 700,000 km² (under Tsar Simeon I)
32.Vijayanagara Empire - 360,000 km²
33.Serbian Empire - 200,000 km²

Largest empires by landmass (Ancient empires)

Ancient empires
1. Achaemenid Persian Empire - 7.5 million km² (under Darius the Great)
2.Han Chinese Empire - 6 million km²
3.Roman Empire - 5.9 million km² (under Emperor Trajan)
4.Macedonian Empire - 5.4 million km² (under Alexander the Great)
5.Maurya Magadha Empire - 5 million km² (under Ashoka the Great)
6.Hunnic Empire - 4 million km² (under Attila the Hun in 441)
7.Seleucid Empire - 3.9 million km²
8.Gupta Magadha Empire - 3.5 million km² (under Chandragupta II in 400)
9.Sassanid Persian Empire - 3.5 million km²[1] (under Khosrau II in 626)
10.Parthian Empire - 2.84 million km² (Under Mithridates II 123–88 BCE)
11.Median Empire - 2.8 million km²
12.Neo-Assyrian Empire - 1.4 million km²
13.Aksumite Empire - 1.25 million km²[1]
14.Egyptian Empire - 1 million km²
15.Akkadian Empire - 650,000 km²
16.Hittite Empire - 510,000 km²
17.Neo-Babylonian Empire - 500,000 km²
18.Armenian Empire - 400,000 km²

Difficulties in measuring and comparing empires

Empires are all individual in character, having been formed in widely different times under widely different political structures. In fact, the term Empire as stated above does not imply any particular form of government. Whether a nation is or was called an empire is also not relevant to whether it is considered an empire for the purposes of this article.

The calculation of the land area of a particular empire is controversial. In particular, there is the question of whether a particular empire can be considered to have laid claim to an area that is sparsely populated, or not populated at all. In general, this list errs on the side of including any land area that was explored and explicitly claimed, even if the areas were very sparsely populated or unpopulated. For example, a large portion of Northern Siberia is not included in the size of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire's northern border was somewhat ill-defined, but in most places it was simply the natural border between the steppe and the taiga. Occupied areas north of this are included in the area of the empire, but at the time the majority of the taiga and tundra were unexplored and uninhabited. This area was only very sparsely populated by the Russian Empire, but it had been explicitly claimed by the Russian Empire by the 1600s, and its extent had been entirely explored by the late 1800s. Similarly, the northernmost Canadian islands such as Ellesmere Island were explored and claimed by the British Empire by the mid 1800s (virtually the entire mainland was at least sparsely populated well before that). No claims on mainland Antarctica are included in the area of any of the empires.

Due to the historical trend of increasing population and GDP, the list of largest empires in these categories is highly dependent on which relatively recent political entities are defined as empires. The measures of population and GDP as a percentage of the world total take into account this historical growth, although decent GDP data is only available for the last few centuries, accurate only for the last decades.