A Hebrew Alexander romance according to MS London, Jews' College no. 145 / edited, translated and introduced by Wout Jac. van Bekkum.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
ספרAlexander the Great conquered territories on a superhuman scale and established an empire that stretched from Greece to India. He spread Greek culture and education throughout his empire, and was worshipped as a living god by many of his subjects. But how great is a leader responsible for the deaths on tens of thousands of people? A ruler who prefers constant warring to administering the peace? A man who believed he was a god, who murdered his friends, and recklessly put his soldiers lives at risk?Ian Worthington delves into Alexander's successes and failures, his paranoia, the murde
כותר |
Alexander the Great : man and god / Ian Worthington. |
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מהדורה |
1st ed. |
מוציא לאור |
London New York : Routledge |
שנה |
2014 |
הערות |
First published 2004 by Pearson Education Limited. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Dedication List of Plates List of Figures List of Maps Preface to Paperback edition Preface to Hardback edition Acknowledgements Alexander's Reign: The Main Events Map of Macedonia and Greece Map of Alexander's Empire 1 Introduction: Uncovering the Legend 2 Alexander's Inheritance 3 Alexander's Boyhood 4 King at Last 5 The Very Gates of Asia 6 A Bridge of Corpses 7 Son of Ra, Son of Zeus 8 Lord of Asia 9 Conquest and Conspiracy 10 Bactria and Sogdiana 11 India 12 'We'll say Goodbye in Babylon' 13 Death and Disorder14 Man and God 15 Alexander: The Great 16 Philip's Ghost Notes Bibliographic Essay Index |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (389 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997011504689705171 |
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