From the Pharaohs of Egypt to French Emperors

• Sons of the Sun God: Ancient Egyptian pharaohs 8
• Ancient Egyptian deities 10
• The ‘King of Nations’: Darius I 12
• Conquerors of Empires: the Persian Army 14
• Rulers of the Empire of the Eternal City: Roman Emperors 16
• The Man whom the State Needed: Emperor Diocletian 18
• Successors of the Roman Empire: Byzantine emperors 20
• The Successors of Muhammad: the Caliphs 22
• Builders of the Empire: Arab Warriors 24
• Leading Odin’s People: the Viking Chieftain 26
• Viking Settlements 28
• Medieval rulers of the Old Continent: Christian Monarchs 30
• Ideals and Reality: Medieval Knights 32
• A Deadly Serious Game: the Joust 34
• Rulers of the Middle Kingdom: Chinese Emperors 36
• Leader of the Yeke Mongyol Ulus: the Great Khan 38
• Builders of Dzenghis Khan’s empire: the Mongol warriors 40
• In the service of Japanese nobles: the Samurai 42
• The Aztec king, Ruler of the Mexica 44
• Conquerers and Vanquished: Aztec Warriors 46
• Head of the Sublime Porte: the Ottoman Sultan 48
• Soldiers of the Ottoman army 50
• In the Court of the Sun King: Louis XIV and His Era 52
• The Tsar who Modernised Russia: Peter the Great 54
• Peace Pipe and Tomahawk: Indian Chief 56
• A visit to the Crow Nation 58
• The emperor who crowned himself: Napoleon I 60
• Soldiers of the ‘invincible’ Grand Armée 62