THE political testament of Peter the Great, the true founder of the great Russian Empire, is a unique and remarkable document. It is but little known, except to diplomatists, and is, at the ...

From about 700 to 500 ago, most of modern-day Mexico was ruled by one of the world's great empires: The Aztecs. Ruthless, creative and sophisticated, the Aztecs carved out an empire that lasted ...

He was succeeded by his 20-year-old son, Alexander (pictured in a mosaic from Pompeii). The rest is world history: by the time he died in 323bc, Alexander the Great commanded an empire stretching ...