Edward M. Anson

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Alexander's Heirs (eBook, PDF)

The Age of the Successors

Beschreibung

Alexander's Heirs offers a narrative account of the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great, during which his generals vied for control of his vast empire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately created the Hellenistic Age. * Offers an account of the power struggles between Alexander's rival generals in the forty year period following his death * Discusses how Alexander's vast empire ultimately became the Hellenistic World * Makes full use of primary and secondary sources * Accessible to a broad audience of students, university scholars, and the educated general reader * Explores important scholarly debates on the Diadochi

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
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• Größe: 3.36MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

EDWARD M. ANSON is Professor of Anson History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He is the author of Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (2013) and Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (2004), and co-editor of After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi (323-281 BC) (with V. Alonso Troncoso, 2013).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118862339
• Artikelnr.: 41004501

Rezensionen

"Alexander's Heirs is a concise, but thoroughly documented, study of the formative years (323-281 BCE) of the Hellenistic age by an insightful and highly respected scholar. Students, teachers, and researchers will find it an indispensable and infallible guide to one of the most complex and exciting periods of ancient history."
--Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary, Canada