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Author : Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Benjamin Ide Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Ide Wheeler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great; the Merging of East an DWest in Universal History written by Benjamin Ide Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Ide Wheeler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Benjamin Ide Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1909 biography of Alexander the Great emphasizes his role in spreading Hellenistic culture to several different peoples and cultures. The author compares the "Occident" of Alexander's Greece to the "Orient" of Persia, Palestine and Egypt. Numerous illustrations and articles are also included.
Author : Benjamin Ide Wheeler
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Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Benjamin Ide Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Ide 1854 Wheeler
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ISBN 13 : 9781360167565
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (675 download)
Download or read book ALEXANDER THE GRT THE MERGING written by Benjamin Ide 1854 Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin I. Wheeler
Publisher : Hansebooks
ISBN 13 : 9783348110396
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Alexander The Great written by Benjamin I. Wheeler and published by Hansebooks. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander The Great - The merging of East and West in universal History is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1909. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Benjamin Ide Wheeler
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ISBN 13 : 9780331625431
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great: The Merging of East and West in Universal History (Classic Reprint) written by Benjamin Ide Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Young
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ISBN 13 : 9781594161971
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (619 download)
Download or read book The Lost Book of Alexander the Great written by Andrew Young and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the "History of Alexander's Conquests" of Ptolemy Lagides, a Macedonian officer who accompanied Alexander the Great during his conquests and who was later to lead the city of Alexandria in its triumph after Alexander's death.
Author : Benjamin Ide Wheeler
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Total Pages : 520 pages
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Download or read book Alexander the Great, the Merging of East and West in Universal History, by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, ... written by Benjamin Ide Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Grant
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399094726
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great, a Battle for Truth & Fiction written by David Grant and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of what we ‘know’ about Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) comes from the pages of much later historians, writing 300 years or more after these events. But these Roman-era writers drew on the accounts of earlier authors who were contemporary with Alexander, some of whom took part in the momentous events they described. David Grant examines the fragments of these earlier eyewitness testimonies which are preserved as undercurrents in the later works. He traces their influence and monopoly of the ‘truth’ and spotlights their manipulation of events to reveal how the Wars of the Successors shaped the agendas of these writers. It becomes clear that Alexander’s courtiers were no-less ambitious than than their king and wanted to showcase their role in the epic conquest of the Persian Empire to enhance their credibility and legitimacy in their own quests for power. In particular, Grant reveals why reports of the dying king’s last wishes conflict, and he explains why testimony relegated to ‘romance’ may house credible grains of truth. The author also skillfully explains how manuscripts became further corrupted in their journey from the ancient world to the modern day. In summary, this work by a recognized expert on the period highlights why legacy of Alexander is built on very shaky foundations.
Author : Lance B. Kurke
Publisher : AMACOM/American Management Association
ISBN 13 : 9780814428375
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (283 download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of Alexander the Great written by Lance B. Kurke and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exceptional leaders are the ones who are able to analyze problems, optimize resources, inspire loyalty, and execute strategy. There is no more stunning example in history than Alexander the Great, whose leadership skills were so immense that they still resonate some 2,000 years later. "The Wisdom of Alexander the Great" reveals four leadership processes distilled from the life and extraordinary accomplishments of Alexander, King of Macedonia. Readers will learn how he: * reframed problems in order to meet seemingly insurmountable challenges * built alliances by using his strength to generate trust and respect, not just fear * established identity and ""branded"" himself a unifier, thus keeping the home base secure while continuing to expand his empire * recognized and assimilated the cultures and symbols of different peoples, becoming a powerful and trusted figure everywhere he went "The Wisdom of Alexander the Great" relates 34 riveting episodes from Alexander's expansion through Asia Minor, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Middle East, the Persian Empire, and India. Each example, tied to a modern-day counterpart, imparts valuable lessons from the timeless legend of one of the greatest leaders in history."
Author : Philip Freeman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416592814
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Philip Freeman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history. He was a general of such skill and renown that for two thousand years other great leaders studied his strategy and tactics, from Hannibal to Napoleon, with countless more in between. He flashed across the sky of history like a comet, glowing brightly and burning out quickly: crowned at age nineteen, dead by thirty-two. He established the greatest empire of the ancient world; Greek coins and statues are found as far east as Afghanistan. Our interest in him has never faded. Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind that would serve him well when he faced formidable obstacles during his military campaigns. Shortly after taking command of the army, he launched an invasion of the Persian empire, and continued his conquests as far south as the deserts of Egypt and as far east as the mountains of present-day Pakistan and the plains of India. Alexander spent nearly all his adult life away from his homeland, and he and his men helped spread the Greek language throughout western Asia, where it would become the lingua franca of the ancient world. Within a short time after Alexander’s death in Baghdad, his empire began to fracture. Best known among his successors are the Ptolemies of Egypt, whose empire lasted until Cleopatra. In his lively and authoritative biography of Alexander, classical scholar and historian Philip Freeman describes Alexander’s astonishing achievements and provides insight into the mercurial character of the great conqueror. Alexander could be petty and magnanimous, cruel and merciful, impulsive and farsighted. Above all, he was ferociously, intensely competitive and could not tolerate losing—which he rarely did. As Freeman explains, without Alexander, the influence of Greece on the ancient world would surely not have been as great as it was, even if his motivation was not to spread Greek culture for beneficial purposes but instead to unify his empire. Only a handful of people have influenced history as Alexander did, which is why he continues to fascinate us.
Author : David Grant
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785899538
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)
Download or read book In Search Of The Lost Testament of Alexander the Great written by David Grant and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-01-28 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique ‘backstory’ of Alexander and his successors: the biased historians, deceits, wars, generals, and the tale of the literature that preserved them. ‘Babylon, mid-June 323 BCE, the gateway of the gods; prostrated in the Summer Palace of Nebuchadrezzar II on the east bank of the Euphrates, wracked by fever and having barely survived another night, King Alexander III, the rule of Macedonia for 12 years and 7 months, had his senior officers congregate at his bedside. Abandoned by Fortune and the healing god Asclepius, he finally acknowledged he was dying. Some 2,340 years on, five barely intact accounts survive to tell a hardly coherent story. At times in close accord, though more often contradictory, they conclude with a melee of death-scene rehashes, all of them suspicious: the first portrayed Alexander dying silent and intestate; he was Homeric and vocal in the second; the third detailed his Last Will and Testament though it is attached to the stuff of romance. Which account do we trust?’ In Search Of The Lost Testament Of Alexander The Great is the result of a ‘decade of contemplations on Alexander’ presented as a rich thematic narrative Grant describes as the ‘backstory behind the history’ of the great Macedonian and his generals. Taking an uncompromising investigative perspective, Grant delves into the challenges faced by Alexander’s unique tale: the forgeries and biased historians, the influences of rhetoric, romance, philosophy and religion on what was written and how. Alexander’s own mercurial personality is vividly dissected and the careers and the wars of his successors are presented with a unique eye. But the book never loses sight of central aim: to unravel the mystery behind Alexander’s ‘unconvincingly reported’ intestate death. And out of Grant’s research emerges one unavoidable verdict: after 2,340 years, the Last Will and Testament of Alexander III of Macedonia needs to be extracted from ‘romance’ and reinstated to its rightful place in mainstream history: Babylon in June 323 BCE. Although the result a decade of academic research, In Search Of The Lost Testament Of Alexander The Great is written in an entertaining and engaging style that opens the subject to both scholars and the casual reader of history looking to learn more about the Macedonian king and the men who ‘made’ his story. It concludes with a wholly new interpretation of the death of Alexander the Great and the mechanism behind the wars of succession that followed.
Author : Ajith Kumar
Publisher : Argead Star llc
ISBN 13 : 0999071432
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)
Download or read book THE MURDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BOOK 2: THE SECRET WAR written by Ajith Kumar and published by Argead Star llc. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-two stunning findings about Alexander the Great and the assassin of Alexander the Great is finally identified. Who killed Alexander the Great? After over two thousand years of speculation, the assassin of Alexander is finally identified. To verify the truth, this historical narrative searches through a mass of conflicting records, including Indian and Greek classical texts. By assimilating new information from multiple sources, Ajith Kumar stitches together this scattered history with 72 pieces of fresh evidence to solve the perplexing murder mystery. Alexander’s destiny, it seems, was determined the moment he stepped into Taxila in India in 326 BC, as he was helplessly trapped in a different world, where an invisible enemy was leading a secret war against him. The Arthasastra of Chanakya, an epic treatise on statecraft and warfare, presents the multiple strategies of the 'secret war' which diverted and decimated the Greek army, and killed its supreme commander. In The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2: The Secret war, Ajith Kumar presents a new version of ancient history that still remains hidden in ancient Indian texts. The puzzling mystery behind Alexander's premature death is documented in Chanakya's 'Arthasastra,' a military manual of ancient India, which reveals devastating effects of the Secret War strategy employed by the Indians during the Greek invasion in 326 BC. The exotic weapon that killed Alexander is named as the 'Destroyer of time' in the Arthashastra, a military manual, and the Sanskrit Puranas. The Puranas also hold untold chapters of hidden history, which reveal how the Indians decisively destroyed the worldwide empire of Alexander the Great and changed the world for ever. The two-millennium-old murder mystery takes us back in time to the farthest corners of the primitive world, only to end in a stunning climax that lays bare the elusive assassin of Alexander.
Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199931526
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Dividing the Spoils written by Robin Waterfield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of one of the great forgotten wars of history, revealing how Alexander the Great's vast empire was torn asunder in the years after his death
Author : Arrian
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great written by Arrian and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2004-09-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising selections from the writings of Arrian, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius Rufus, this definitive biography of the greatest conqueror in history features an Introduction on Alexander's enduring legacy by acclaimed British television personality Michael Wood.
Author : Vasileios Liotsakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110659972
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Alexander the Great in Arrian’s ›Anabasis‹ written by Vasileios Liotsakis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arrian’s Alexandrou Anabasis constitutes the most reliable account at our disposal about Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia. However, whereas the work has been thoroughly studied as a historical source, its literary qualities have been relatively neglected, with no autonomous monograph existing on this matter. Vasileios Liotsakis fills this gap in the studies of Alexander the Great’s literary tradition, by offering the first monograph on Arrian’s compositional strategies. Liotsakis focuses on the narrative techniques and verbal choices, through which Arrian allows praise and criticism to intermingle in his portrait of the Macedonian king. His main point of argument is that Arrian systematically exploits an abundance of narrative means (military descriptions, presentation of peoples, march-narratives, anachronies, and epic elements) in order to draw the reader’s attention not only to Alexander’s intellectual skills but also to the fact that the king was gradually corrupted by his success. This book puts Arrian’s literary contrivances under the microscope, sheds new light on unexplored aspects of the Anabasis’ narrative arrangement, and contributes to the studies of Alexander’s prosopography in Classical historiography.
