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Alexander the Great / by Krzysztof Nawotka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nawotka, Krzysztof.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
- Alexander.
- Generals--Greece--Biography.
- Generals.
- Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Greece.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (454 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 book's protagon...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-417) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-58522-3
- 9786612585227
- 1-4438-1811-9
- OCLC:
- 823386193
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