The empire of New Kingdom Egypt, 1539-1069 BC / Bill Manley --
The Hittite Empire, 1650-1200 BC / Trevor Bryce --
The empires of Assyria and Babylonia, 900-539 BC / Marc Van De Mieroop --
The first Persian Empire, 550-330 BC / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones --
The Athenian Empire, 478-404 BC, 378-338 BC / Alastair Blanshard --
The empire of Alexander and his successors, 338-60 BC / Michael Sommer and Thomas Harrison --
The Parthian and early Sasanian Empires, c. 247 BC-AD 300 / Ted Kaizer --
The Roman Empire, 27 BC-AD 476 / Michael Sommer --
The early empires of South Asia, 323 BC-AD 500 / Robin Coningham and Mark Manuel --
The early empires of China, 221 BC-AD 220 / W. J. F. Jenner.