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... Persian monarchy . But he fell in BC 336 by the sword of an assassin2 , and Alexander , his son by Olympias , reigned in his stead . ( 2 ) This youth , born to be the ruler of a people just emerg- ing from barbarism , newly conscious of ...
... Persian monarchy . But he fell in BC 336 by the sword of an assassin2 , and Alexander , his son by Olympias , reigned in his stead . ( 2 ) This youth , born to be the ruler of a people just emerg- ing from barbarism , newly conscious of ...
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... Persian empire3 had long been falling into decay . Extending as it did from the western coast of Asia Minor to the Jaxartes and the Indus , it comprised within its borders many races speaking divers tongues and widely differing from one ...
... Persian empire3 had long been falling into decay . Extending as it did from the western coast of Asia Minor to the Jaxartes and the Indus , it comprised within its borders many races speaking divers tongues and widely differing from one ...
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... Persian empire , but hard to retreat . But the successful retreat of the 10,000 Greeks from the field of Kunaxa , in spite of all that force or guile could do to stop them , shewed plainly for all to see the inner weakness of that ...
... Persian empire , but hard to retreat . But the successful retreat of the 10,000 Greeks from the field of Kunaxa , in spite of all that force or guile could do to stop them , shewed plainly for all to see the inner weakness of that ...
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... Persian empire was now vacant , and Alexander saw that he must at once ascend it3 . He would thus appear to the nations of the East not only as a great conqueror but also as the successor of the great Cyrus by whom the empire lately ...
... Persian empire was now vacant , and Alexander saw that he must at once ascend it3 . He would thus appear to the nations of the East not only as a great conqueror but also as the successor of the great Cyrus by whom the empire lately ...
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... Persian Gulf , and the still greater sufferings of the land force under the king himself in their march through the deserts of Gedrosia3 , are famous in the records of antiquity , and presented beyond doubt a memorable example of what ...
... Persian Gulf , and the still greater sufferings of the land force under the king himself in their march through the deserts of Gedrosia3 , are famous in the records of antiquity , and presented beyond doubt a memorable example of what ...
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Alexander in India: A Portion of the History Quintus Curtius W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2019 |
Alexander in Indi: A Portion of the History of Quintus Curtius (1879) W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2008 |
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