For history buffs and fans of the biographical genre, the Veche publishing house offers the next volume in the series “All the Monarchs of the World,” which includes biographies of the kings and rulers of the Ancient East. This book is the most complete reference book on ancient Eastern genealogy ever published in Russian, and contains information about approximately 2,500 sovereigns who ruled in Asia and North Africa from ancient times to the 7th century AD. Among them are the ancient Israeli king Solomon, the ancient Persian kings Cyrus II and Darius, the Qin emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, the ruler of Pontus Mithridates the Great and many, many others.