The legacy of Alexander : politics, warfare, and propaganda under the successors / A.B. Bosworth.
The legacy of Alexander : politics, warfare, and propaganda under the successors / A.B. Bosworth.
The legacy of Alexander : politics, warfare, and propaganda under the successors / A.B. Bosworth.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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2002.
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N938.08/9
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English
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xiii, 307 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The Politics of the Babylon Settlement -- 3. Macedonian Numbers at the Death of Alexander the Great -- 4. The Campaign in Iran: Turbulent Satraps and Frozen Elephants -- 5. Hieronymus' Ethnography: Indian Widows and Nabataean Nomads -- 6. The Rise of Seleucus -- 7. Hellenistic...
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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New York (State)
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2002.
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There is a strong emphasis on source analysis, with a long essay dedicated to the most important literary figure of the period, the statesman and historian, Hieronymus of Cardia, focusing on his treatment of the ethnographic phenomena of widow-burning in ancient India and nomadism among the Nabataean Arabs. Finally, there is an investigation of the...
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The legacy of Alexander : politics, warfare, and propaganda under the successors / A.B. Bosworth.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-296) and index.
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N938.08/9
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0198153066 (hbk.)
9780198153061
0198153066
9780198153061 (hbk.)
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938.08
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991016899309702626
