03279oam 2200709I 450 991082651340332120230803215950.01-315-83496-01-317-86645-21-281-38466-697866113846611-4082-1160-210.4324/9781315834962 (CKB)1000000000414887(EBL)1734005(SSID)ssj0000288505(PQKBManifestationID)11221407(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288505(PQKBWorkID)10382645(PQKB)10519682(MiAaPQ)EBC1734005(MiAaPQ)EBC5268517(Au-PeEL)EBL1734005(CaPaEBR)ebr10895900(CaONFJC)MIL628394(OCoLC)884014526(OCoLC)884550142(Au-PeEL)EBL5268517(CaONFJC)MIL138466(OCoLC)1024276504(EXLCZ)99100000000041488720180706e20142004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlexander the Great man and god /Ian Worthington1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (389 p.)First published 2004 by Pearson Education Limited.0-582-77224-9 1-4058-0162-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexAlexander 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 murdeGeneralsGreeceBiographyGreeceHistoryMacedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.CGreeceKings and rulersBiographyGenerals938/.07/092938.07092Worthington Ian.188258MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826513403321Alexander the Great3944175UNINA