Alexander the Great in His World

by Thomas, Carol G.

• ISBN13: 9780631232452
• ISBN10: 0631232451
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

In Alexander the Great in his World, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and pedigree in order to discover what influences and elements from the world around him aided in the rise of his incredible life and career.

Author Biography

Carol G. Thomas is Professor of Greek History at the University of Washington. She is the author of many books on Ancient Greece including The Trojan War (2005), Finding People in Early Greece (2005), and Earliest Civilizations: Ancient Greece and the Near East, 3000-200BC (1982).

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vi
List of Maps	viii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
Basic Facts, Generally Uncontested, of Alexander's Life	9	(13)
Being Macedonian	22	(33)
Being an Argead	55	(43)
Being a Neighbor of Greece	98	(34)
Surviving by Might	132	(27)
Meeting the Distant Threat	159	(32)
Reconstructing Alexander	191	(33)
Bibliography	224	(13)
Index	237