Focuses on the history of Georgia on the eve of the Russian annexation in 1801, and with the years following the annexation. Also looks at the earlier dynasties

In the heyday of empire, most of the world was ruled, directly or indirectly, by the European powers. Unconquered States explores the struggles for sovereignty

Recent research has demonstrated that early modern slavery was much more widespread than the traditional concentration on plantation slavery in the context of E

After the destructive decades following the fall of the Safavid Empire, the Qajar dynasty inherited a weakened state and the growing threat of European imperial