The Nature of AlexanderKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 12 nov. 1979 - 288 pages The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault, the author of Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, two best-selling novels about Alexander. |
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... Babylon , made off without opposing him . Babylon , the heart of ancient con- quered Assyria , was not the most loyal part of the Persian empire . The Tigris , whose name means Arrow , was too swift to bridge and had to be forded ...
... Babylon , made off without opposing him . Babylon , the heart of ancient con- quered Assyria , was not the most loyal part of the Persian empire . The Tigris , whose name means Arrow , was too swift to bridge and had to be forded ...
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... Babylon ; as the money came in , he would develop his personal style . From the throne he granted Babylon the status it had had before Xerxes crushed it and threw down the ziggurat of Bel . The priests of the god were now given much ...
... Babylon ; as the money came in , he would develop his personal style . From the throne he granted Babylon the status it had had before Xerxes crushed it and threw down the ziggurat of Bel . The priests of the god were now given much ...
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... Babylon . They begged him to pass it by . At the Tigris crossing they met him themselves , and , says Arrian , drew him apart from his companions . Pre- sumably through an interpreter , they warned him not to continue his westward march ...
... Babylon . They begged him to pass it by . At the Tigris crossing they met him themselves , and , says Arrian , drew him apart from his companions . Pre- sumably through an interpreter , they warned him not to continue his westward march ...
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