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Alexander the Great : the story of an ancient life
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ISBN: 1316088944 1139579185 1139570579 1107253616 1139572334 1139568779 1139049496 1283637561 1139569678 9781139568777 9781139049498 9781139570572 9781139572330 9780521767484 0521767482 9780521148443 0521148448 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Everything we know about Alexander comes from ancient sources, which agree unanimously that he was extraordinary and greater than everyday mortals. From his birth into a hypercompetitive world of royal women through his training under the eyes and fists of stern soldiers and the piercing intellect of Aristotle; through friendships, rivalries, conquests and negotiations; through acts of generosity and acts of murder, this book explains who Alexander was, what motivated him, where he succeeded (in his own eyes) and where he failed, and how he believed that he earned a new 'mixed' nature combining the human and the divine. This book explains what made Alexander 'Great' according to the people and expectations of his time and place and rejects modern judgments asserted on the basis of an implicit moral superiority to antiquity.

The conquests of Alexander the Great
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ISBN: 9781139197076 9781107645394 113919707X 9781107414723 1107414725 1107645395 9780521842471 0521842476 1107387035 1107299918 1139894048 1107390761 1107384338 1107387841 1107395569 1322521476 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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In this book, Waldemar Heckel traces the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history. In 325 BCE, Alexander and his conquering army prepared to return home, after overcoming everything in their path: armies, terrain, climate, all invariably hostile. Little did they know that within two years their beloved king would be dead and their labours seemingly wasted. Tracing the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history, Heckel engagingly and with great detail shows us how Alexander earned his appellation, The Great.


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The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East
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ISBN: 949143151X 9789491431517 9789491431043 9491431048 9077922857 Year: 2012 Publisher: Groningen, Netherlands : Barkhuis,

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Alexander the Great of Macedon was no stranger to controversy in his own time. Conqueror of the Greek states, of Egypt and of the Persian Empire as well as many of the principalities of the Indus Valley, he nevertheless became revered as well as vilified. Was he a simply a destroyer of the ancient civilizations and religions of these regions, or was he a hero of the Persian dynasties and of Islam? The conflicting views that were taken of him in the Middle East in his own time and the centuries that followed are still reflected in the tensions that exist between east and west today. The story o


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The medieval romance of Alexander : Jehan Wauquelin's The deeds and conquests of Alexander the Great
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ISBN: 1283666006 1782040307 1843843323 Year: 2012 Publisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer,

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The figure of Alexander the Great haunted the medieval imagination - as much as Arthur, as much as Charlemagne. His story was translated more often in medieval Europe than any work except the Gospels. Yet only small sections of the Alexander Romance have been translated into modern French, and Nigel Bryant's is the first translation into English. The Deeds and Conquests of Alexander the Great is Jehan Wauquelin's superb compendium, written for the Burgundian court in the mid-fifteenth century, which draws together all the key elements of the Alexandrian tradition.With great clarity and intelligence Wauquelin produced a redaction of all the major Alexander romances of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - including the verse Roman d'Alexandre, The Vows of the Peacock and La Venjance Alixandre - to tell the whole story of Alexander's miraculous birth and childhood, his conquests of Persia and India, his battles with fabulous beasts and outlandish peoples, his journeys in the sky and under the sea, his poisoning at Babylon and the vengeance taken by his son. This is an accomplished and exciting work by a notable writer at the Burgundian court who perfectly understood the appeal of the great conqueror to ambitious dukes intent upon extending their dominions. Nigel Bryant has translated five major Arthurian romances from medieval French, including Perceforest in which Alexander features prominently. He has also translated the fourteenth-century chronicles of Jean le Bel.


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Into the land of bones
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ISBN: 128369591X 0520953754 9780520953758 0520274326 9780520274327 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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The so-called first war of the twenty-first century actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan. Frank L. Holt vividly recounts Alexander's invasion of ancient Bactria, situating in a broader historical perspective America's war in Afghanistan.

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HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Alexander, --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Greece --- Afghanistan --- History --- History. --- afghanistan history. --- alexander the great. --- ancient afghanistan. --- ancient history. --- asian history. --- book club reads. --- books for history lovers. --- culture of bactria. --- discussion books. --- distractions for kids. --- easy to read. --- engaging. --- hellenistic culture. --- history of afghan culture. --- history of bactria. --- history of empires. --- history of kings. --- how alexander the great gained power. --- leisure reads. --- nonfiction. --- page turner. --- quarantine books. --- reign of alexander the great. --- vacation books. --- war history. --- warfare. --- what is bactria.


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Alexandre des Lumières : fragments d'histoire européenne
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ISBN: 9782070131716 2070131718 Year: 2012 Volume: *276 Publisher: [Paris] : Gallimard,

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Philosophy, French --- Hellenism --- History, Ancient --- Philosophie française --- Hellénisme --- Histoire ancienne --- Influence. --- Historiography. --- Influence --- Historiographie --- Alexander, --- Greece --- Grèce --- History --- Histoire --- Historiography --- Philosophie française --- Hellénisme --- Grèce --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Griechenland --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Hellenism - Influence --- Hellenism - Historiography --- History, Ancient - Historiography --- Alexander, - the Great, - 356 B.C.-323 B.C --- Greece - History - Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C. - Historiography --- Alexandre lll (roi de Macédoine ; 0356-0323 av. J.-C.) --- Aspect politique --- Europe --- 18e siècle


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Historiae
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ISBN: 9783110201161 311020116X 3111835030 311097293X Year: 2012 Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter,

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Die bisherigen Ausgaben von Hedicke, Bardon, Müller und Atkinson haben ein solides Fundament sowohl für die Erarbeitung der Handschriften des Q. Curtius Rufus als auch für das Textverständnis im Allgemeinen geschaffen.Die letzte Teubnersche Ausgabe wurde von Hedicke Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts herausgegeben. Den vorigen Herausgebern ist gemeinsam, dass sie ungefähr zehn Handschriften genutzt haben. Die neueren Forschungen von Professor Oakley haben hingegen 150 Handschriften zu Tage gebracht. Die vorliegende Ausgabe ist nun das Ergebnis der erstmaligen Beschäftigung mit allen bekannten Handschriften. Auch bezüglich des Stemmas haben sich dadurch insofern Änderungen ergeben, als die zweite Familie erstmals vollständig erarbeitet werden konnte. Zudem wurden den bereits vorhandenen Konjekturen erstmals die jeweiligen Philologen zugeordnet, weitere Konjekturen wurden durch den Herausgeber selbst vorgenommen, um dem Leser eine ausführliche Ausgabe zur Verfügung zu stellen.

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Alexander, --- Generals --- Greece --- History --- Kings and rulers --- Languages & Literatures --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Griechenland --- Grèce --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- Armed Forces --- Officers --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Macedonia --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Generals - Greece - Biography - Early works to 1800 --- Alexander, - the Great, - 356 BC-323 BC --- Greece - History - Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C --- Alexander (the Great). --- Historiography. --- Manuscripts. --- Textual Criticism.


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Alexander histories and Iranian reflections : remnants of propaganda and resistance
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ISBN: 9789004217522 9004217525 9789004217522 9781283578974 1283578972 9789004217461 9004217460 9786613891426 Year: 2012 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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Alexander the Great’s military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. This campaign proved so successful that the overt display of Alexander’s Iranian and Zoroastrian preferences alienated some of his Greek and Macedonian allies. Parivash Jamzadeh shows how this original propaganda material displayed multiple layers of Iranian influences. Additionally she demonstrates that the studied sources do not always offer an accurate account of the contemporary Iranian customs, and occasionally included historical inaccuracies. One of the most interesting finds in this study is the confusion of historical sources that arose between the opponents Darius III and Alexander. Jamzadeh argues that the Iranian propaganda regarding Alexander the Great has contributed to this confusion.

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Historiography. --- Military campaigns. --- Propaganda. --- Religious aspects. --- Travel. --- Alexander, --- Darius --- Travel --- Macedonian Conquest of Iran (334-325 B.C.). --- Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.). --- 359-323 B.C. --- Greece --- Greece. --- Iran --- Iran. --- History --- Campaigns --- Historiography --- Propaganda --- Religious aspects --- History. --- Dareios --- Darius, --- Dāriyūsh, --- Dāryūsh, --- داريوش --- Dario il Grande, --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- República Islâmica do Irã --- Irã --- Persia --- Northern Tier --- Islamic Republic of Iran --- Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān --- I-lang --- Paras-Iran --- Paras --- Persia-Iran --- I.R.A. --- Islamische Republik Iran --- Islamskai︠a︡ Respublika Iran --- I.R.I. --- IRI --- ايران --- جمهورى اسلامى ايران --- Êran --- Komarî Îslamî Êran --- al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellada --- Ellas --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Griechenland --- Hellada --- Hellas --- Hellenic Republic --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ελλάς --- Ελλάδα --- Греция --- اليونان --- يونان --- 希腊

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