| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Alexander before the Expedition to Asia Minor (356-334); Chapter I: The Major Stages of the Conquest (334-323); From Granicus to the Fall of Tyre (May 334-Summer 332); From Tyre to the Euphrates (Summer 332-Summer 331); The End of Darius and the Final Submission of Greece (Summer 331-Summer 330); Guerillas in the Eastern Satrapies and Macedonian Opposition (Summer 330-Spring 327); The Conquest of India and the Return via the Persian Gulf (327-325) |
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The Last Years (324-323) Chapter II: The Origins and Objectives of the Conquest; The Unsatisfactory Nature of Explanations Based on Personality and Psychology; The Heritage of Philip II; Alexander and the Royal Territories of the Achaemenids; War of Liberation and "War of Reprisal": The Limits of Alexander's Philhellenism; The Conquest of India and Return via the Persian Gulf; The Problem of the "Last Plans"; Chapter III: Resistance to the Conquest; The Resistance of Darius (334-330); Underground Resistance and Open Revolt in Greece; Resistance and Reprisals in the Eastern Satrapies (330-327) |
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The Discontent of the Macedonian Soldiery (330-324); Chapter IV: The Administration, Defense, and Exploitation of the Conquered Lands; The Different Degrees of Royal Authority; Territorial Control and the Management of the Population; Conquest and "Economic Development"; Chapter V: Alexander among Macedonians, Greeks, and Iranians; Conquest and Surrender: Contradiction and Opposition; A Policy for the Future (325-323); Conclusion: The King Is Dead! Long Live the King?; An Introductory Bibliography; Appendix: The History of Alexander Today: A Provisional Assessment and Some Future Directions |
| Summary |
This is the first publication in English of Pierre Briant's classic short history of Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. Eschewing a conventional biographical focus, this is the only book in any language that sets the rise of Alexander's short-lived empire within the broad context of ancient Near Eastern history under Achaemenid Persian rule, as well as against Alexander's Macedonian background |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Military leadership
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Travel -- Turkey
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| SUBJECT |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. fast |
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Generals -- Greece -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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Generals
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Kings and rulers
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Command of troops
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Travel
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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History & Archaeology.
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Greece.
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Greece -- Kings and rulers -- History
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Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057087
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Greece
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Turkey
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kuhrt, Amélie, 1944-
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| LC no. |
2009047945 |
| ISBN |
9781400834860 |
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1400834864 |
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0691154457 |
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9780691154459 |
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