return of the king
from...http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wdpl1
in richard miles's epic story of civilization, there have been plenty of examples of the great men
of history, but none came close to the legend of alexander of macedon, known to us as 'the great'.
uniting the fractious greek city-states, he led them on a crusade against the old enemy, persia, and
in little more than a decade created an empire that stretched from egypt in the west to afghanistan
in the east.
but it was alexander's successors, the hellenistic kings, who had to make sense of the legacy of
this charismatic adventurer. by knuckling down to the hard graft of politics, taxation and public
works, they created something far more enduring than a mere legend - they built a civilization.
richard traces alexander's battle-scarred route through turkey, syria and lebanon to egypt and
ultimately to the western punjab, pakistan, where he discovers fascinating traces of a city where
greek west and buddhist east were united in an intriguing new way.
from...http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wdpl1
in richard miles's epic story of civilization, there have been plenty of examples of the great men
of history, but none came close to the legend of alexander of macedon, known to us as 'the great'.
uniting the fractious greek city-states, he led them on a crusade against the old enemy, persia, and
in little more than a decade created an empire that stretched from egypt in the west to afghanistan
in the east.
but it was alexander's successors, the hellenistic kings, who had to make sense of the legacy of
this charismatic adventurer. by knuckling down to the hard graft of politics, taxation and public
works, they created something far more enduring than a mere legend - they built a civilization.
richard traces alexander's battle-scarred route through turkey, syria and lebanon to egypt and
ultimately to the western punjab, pakistan, where he discovers fascinating traces of a city where
greek west and buddhist east were united in an intriguing new way.
