Jones, Eric (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor); … - 2004
European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised … -- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6 …. However, these civilisations have not always been unified politically. In their history, there have been long spells of …