Translatio imperii - what is it? What tradition did the Russian Empire inherit from Assyria, Persia, and Rome? What is Russias mission in world history? Konstantin Malofeevs book is dedicated to the Empire, its past, present, and future. The author explores the interaction in world history between the imperial principle, based on religiously justified authority, and the trade-financial principle. A grand historical panorama unfolds before the reader - Assyria and Babylon, Greece and Persia, Rome and Carthage, right up to our time - the collapse of the Russian Empire, the rise and fall of the Soviet project, the establishment of the modern world order, and attempts to resist it. Great conquerors, prophets, and saints, trading corporations and banking houses act on these pages. The first volume examines the period of the Empires inception until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. On the one hand, the research is based on the best achievements of domestic and world historiography, and on the other hand, it offers original historiosophical ideas developed by the author over decades. The book will be of interest to historians, philosophers, political scientists, economists, as well as students and a wide range of history enthusiasts.
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