Alexander the GreatAllen Lane, 1973 - 568 pages Series follows well-known personalities back to the ancient times in which they lived. |
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... Hindu Kush , for in the valleys of Begram and Kabul no less than three main roads con- verge , while the citadel overlooked the confluence of two main rivers , the Persians ' favourite site for such a fort . For the past two hundred ...
... Hindu Kush , for in the valleys of Begram and Kabul no less than three main roads con- verge , while the citadel overlooked the confluence of two main rivers , the Persians ' favourite site for such a fort . For the past two hundred ...
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... Hindu Kush , the site of his punishment seemed at last to have been discovered . But this greatest of all myths had always been placed in the Caucasus , miles away to the north - west ; in order to reconcile myth and geography ...
... Hindu Kush , the site of his punishment seemed at last to have been discovered . But this greatest of all myths had always been placed in the Caucasus , miles away to the north - west ; in order to reconcile myth and geography ...
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... Hindu Kush and crossed it comfortably in ten days , presumably by the same road as he had used before , rather than by the treacherous road through modern Bamyan , future sanctuary of Buddha . The snows had melted and after the rich ...
... Hindu Kush and crossed it comfortably in ten days , presumably by the same road as he had used before , rather than by the treacherous road through modern Bamyan , future sanctuary of Buddha . The snows had melted and after the rich ...
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Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon Bactria battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry chariot Cleit coins command court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends Gaugamela gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan Hephaistion Heracles hero Hindu Kush historians Homeric honour horsemen horses hundred Indian Indus infantry Iran Iranian king's known land later Lyncestian Macedonian Makran mercenaries miles mountains murder native Nearchus never nomads numbers officers Olympias once ordered oriental Oxus palace Parmenion past Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian king Pharaoh Philip Philotas plans probably proskynesis Ptol Ptolemy river road Roman route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus