Translated to Arabic, 'Brève histoire des empires. Comment ils surgissent' (Summary of the History of Empires: How to Rise and How to Crumble), by Gabriel Martinez-Gros. In an accessible style, the author crosses centuries and continents to deliver a surprising and stimulating reading of the rise and fall of empires, from Rome to the empires of China via Islam, the Mongols, and India of the Mughals.