Alexander the Great
ISBN: 9781443818117
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: History;

This book is possibly the most comprehensive biography of Alexander on the market. It presents his story strictly on the basis of ancient sources, making use as much as possible of contemporary Greek inscriptions, coins, and of non-western evidence (Babylonian tablets, Egyptian papyri, Bactrian parchments). The latter in particular change our understanding of how the Achaemenid state was run and how the Macedonian conquests were perceived from the Oriental perspective. The bookOCOs protagon..."


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