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To the Ends of the Earth / by Rebecca Dobbs and David Wallace
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and Violence.
- Armies.
- Battles.
- Desert travel.
- Invasions.
- Military marches.
- Military strategy.
- Mountain travel.
- Travel conditions.
- India.
- Indus River.
- Iran.
- Pakistan.
- Afghanistan.
- Local Subjects:
- War and Violence.
- Armies.
- Battles.
- Desert travel.
- Invasions.
- Military marches.
- Military strategy.
- Mountain travel.
- Travel conditions.
- India.
- Indus River.
- Iran.
- Pakistan.
- Afghanistan.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Michael Wood recounts the tale of Alexander's final days before his sudden and mysterious death at the age of 32 in Babylon in the final programme of In The Footsteps Of Alexander The Great. After trekking through the Khyber Pass and into the valleys of Pakistan's North-West frontier, Michael encounters a retired Pakistani general who used to lecture about Alexander at a military college.The old soldier explains the tactics of Alexander's decisive battle with the Indian King Porus and his war elephants, before Michael crosses into India. At this point of his journey, Alexander decided to return to Iran through the deserts along the dreaded Makran coast, where many of his soldiers died of thirst and starvation. Michael picks up on the story, hiring a train of 32 camels to retrace Alexander's tortuous route to Babylon.There, Alexander's ultimate dreams of conquest were thwarted when he indulged in a prolonged drinking session which would lead to his strange death.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
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