The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access 'who's who' with details the identities and dates, with ages and wives, where known, of heads of government in any given state at any time within the framework of reference. The relevant original and secondary sources are also listed in a comprehensive bibliography. Providing a clear reference guide for students, to who was who and when they ruled in the Dynasties and other ruler-lists for the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern worlds - primarily European and Middle Eastern but including available information on Africa and Asia and the pre-Columbian Americas. The trilogy accesses and interprets the original data plus any modern controversies and disputes over names and dating, reflecting on the shifts in and widening of focus in student and academic studies. Each volume contains league tables of rulers' 'records', and an extensive bibliographical guide to the relevant personnel and dynasties, plus any controversies, so readers can consult these for extra details and know exactly where to go for which information. All relevant information is collected and provided as a one-stop-shop for students wishing to check the known information about a world Sovereign.
Author(s): Timothy Venning
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 358
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Section One: Egypt and the Fertile Crescent
Sovereigns of Egypt: Pharoahs
‘Old Kingdom’
Middle Kingdom: Unity Re-Established under Dynasty Based at Thebes
‘New Kingdom’
Hittite Empire
Babylonia
Early Rulers
Babylonia: Amorite Dynasty
Kings of Assyria
LYDIA
Kings of Israel
Kings of United Israel
Kings of the Northern Kingdom: Israel
Kings of the Southern Kingdom: Judah
Maccabeean Kingdom
Herodian Dynasty
Section Two: The Greek World
Greece
Sparta
Kingdoms Extinct by the Classical Age
Athens
Thebes
Argos
Mycenae
Pylos
Ithaca
Troy
Greek ‘Tyrannies’
Greek Mainland/Aegean
Corinth
Sicyon
Athens: Peisistratids
Megara
Samos: Polycrates, Ionia
Ionia: Miletus
Caria
Gela
Athens: State and Empire. Political Leadership 509–400 BC
Macedonia
Longest Reigns
Queens of Macedonia
Kings of Epirus
Seleucid Kingdom
Longest Reigns
Seleucid Queens
Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt
Longest Reigns
Ptolemaic Queens
Kingdom of Pergamum
Kingdom of Pontus (Officially ‘Cappadocia-in-Pontus’)
Kingdom of Cappadocia
Kingdom of Bithynia
Kingdom of Galatia
Kingdom of Commagene
Greek Rulers in Bactria and India
Kingdom of Thrace
Kingdom of Armenia
Bosporan Kingdom: Crimea
Kings of Edessa: Abgarid Dynasty
Section Three: Asia
Kingdom of Nabatea
Southern Arabia: Kingdoms of Saba and Himyar
Royal Families of Persia
Achaemenids
Parthian Kingdom
Sassanid Kingdom of Persia
India – Magadha
Haryanka Dynasty
Shaisunaga Dynasty
Nanda Dynasty
Maurya Dynasty
Gupta Dynasty
Ceylon – Kings of Anuradhapura
Chinese Dynasties
Xia (Hsia) Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Zhou (Chou) Dynasty: (1) Western Zhou
Eastern Zhou, 771–221 BC
Zhou rulers
Kings of Zhu/Chu
Kings of Xi (Ch’i)
Kings of Qin (Ch’in)
Yen/Yan
Kings of Lu
Kings of Song
Yue/Yuyue
First Imperial Dynasty: Qin (Ch’in)
Han Dynasty: (1) Western Han
Usurping Emperor
Han: (2) Eastern Han Dynasty
Empresses Consort of China
Han Dynasty
Intermediate Period
The ‘Three Kingdoms’
Western Jin
Eastern Jin
Southern Liang: At Nanjing
Southern Zhen (Chen): At Nanjing
Northern Dynasties
Earlier Xhao (Chao): Capital Pingcheng
Later Xhao (Chao): Hubei Province
Earlier Yen: Hubei Province
Earlier Qin: Capital at Chang-An
Later Qin
Northern Wei: Toba Dynasty
Eastern Wei
Western Wei
Northern Zhou
Northern Qi
Earlier Liang (Northern): Shanxi Province
Later/Northern Liang
Western Yen (Shensi)
Later Yen (Shensi)
Southern Yen (Zhandong)
Northern Yen (Hobei)
Imperial Reunification: Dynasties of All China
SUI: Capital Chang ‘an
Vietnam
First Kingdom, of Nanyue: Trieu Dynasty
Second Kingdom: Earlier Li Dynasty
Kingdoms of Korea
Silla
Koguryeo/Goguryeo
Japan: Emperors
Yamato Dynasty
Section Four: The Roman World
Ancient Rome
Roman Kings
The Roman Republic: Early Chief Magistrates and Dating Problems
Consuls of the Republic
Roman ‘DECEMVIRS’ Govt Experiment
Restored Traditional Republic
Roman War vs. Pyrrhus of Epirus
Rome: Run-up to ‘First Punic War’ with Carthage
Rome: First Punic War Period: Consuls
Second Punic War: 218–02 BC
NUMIDIA succession, c. 215–03 BC
After the Second Punic War
Pre-Crisis Period of Thelate Republic
Effective or Titular Supreme Commanders (Civil and Military) for the Final Years of the Republic
Consuls
Roman Emperors
Rebels/emperors in the chaos of 260–1
Western Emperors
Eastern Roman Empire: (1) 395–476
Longest Reigns to 476
Oldest at Death
Youngest at Accession
Roman Empresses
The Julio-Claudians: Family of Julius Caesar and Augustus
Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire: (2): Continues to 1204
Byzantine Empresses from 491
Kings of Georgia
Iberia
Chosroid Dynasty
Section Five: The Atlantic and Late Roman World
The ‘Celtic’ Atlantic and Post-Roman German Kingdoms
Britain
Kings of the Catuvellauni
Trinovantes (Based on Essex)
Atrebates (Based on Northern Hampshire)/Belgae (Southern Hampshire)
Regni (Based on Sussex)
Iceni (Based on Norfolk)
Brigantes (Based on Yorkshire and Lancashire)
Ireland
High Kings
Post-Roman Europe
Visigothic Kings
Italy
Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy
Popes (Bishops of Rome)
Index
