This book examines the military histories of the regions beyond western Europe in the premodern era.

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, India. He is a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway.

Introduction: evolution of warfare before the rise of the West 1. The origins of warfare 2. Military convergence and the Bronze Age civilisations of Eurasia 3. Military divergence in Eurasia: Classical Greece against Persia 4. The era of hybrid military machines: Macedonia, the Hellenistic monarchies, India and China 5. Military divergence again: Rome, Carthage, Parthia, India and the Far East 6. Military convergence in medieval Eurasia 7. Convergence or divergence? Naval warfare in medieval Eurasia 8. Evolution of warfare beyond Eurasia Conclusion