Prolegomena -- 1. Empire-​a World History: Anatomy And Concept, Theory And Synthesis -- Systems Of Power: Military, Economy, Elites -- 2. The Scale Of Empire: Territory, Population, Distribution -- 3. The Evolution Of Geopolitics And Imperialism In Interpolity Systems -- 4. Empire And Military Organization -- 5. The Political Economy Of Empire: Imperial Capital And The Formation Of Central And Regional Elites -- Cultures Of Power: Symbolic Display, Knowledge, Belief, Discourse -- 6. Imperial Monumentalism, Ceremony, And Forms Of Pageantry: The Inter-​imperial Obelisk In Istanbul -- 7. Law, Bureaucracy, And The Practice Of Government And Rule -- 8. Mapping, Registering, And Ordering: Time, Space, And Knowledge -- 9. Empire And Religion -- 10. Literature Of Empire: Difference, Creativity, And Cosmopolitanism -- Disparities Of Power: Hierarchies, Resistance, Resources -- 11. Empires And The Politics Of Difference: Pathways Of Incorporation And Exclusion -- 12. Resistance, Rebellion, And The Subaltern -- 13. Imperial Metabolism: Empire As A Process Of Ecologically Unequal Exchange -- 14. Ecology: Environments And Empires In World History, 3000 Bce-​ca. 1900 Ce -- Memory And Decline -- 15. Memories Of Empire: Literature And Art, Nostalgia And Trauma -- 16. The End Of Empires -- Index Of Places, Names, And Events Edited By Peter Fibiger Bang, C.a. Bayly, Walter Scheidel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.