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Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire, Kenneth W. Harl

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Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire

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Kenneth W. Harl

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The great courses. Ancient & Medieval history

This course examines the career of Alexander, with emphasis on his military genious and his impact on the Hellenic world, Near East, and India. It also explores the historical conditions that produced this greatest of conquerors as well as his impact and legacy that endures to the present day

pt. 1. disc 1. Lectures 1-6. Alexander the Great-conqueror or tyrant? -- Greece in the age of Hegemonies -- Achaemenid Persia -- The world of early Macedon -- Philip II and the Macedonian way of war -- The third sacred war -- pt. 1. disc 2. Lectures 7-12. The Macedonian conquest of Greece -- The league of Corinth -- Alexander, heir apparent -- Securing the inheritance, 336-335 B.C. -- The invasion of Asia -- The battle of the Granicuspt. 2. disc 3. Lectures 13-18. The turning point-Issus and Tyre -- Alexander, pharaoh of Egypt -- Heroes, oracles, and the gods -- The campaign of Gaugamela -- The conquest of Iran -- Alexander on the rim of the world -- pt. 2. disc 4. Lectures 19-24. Governing and taxing the empire -- Alexander and the Macedonian opposition -- Lecture 21. The invasion of India -- The battle of the Hydaspes -- Mutiny and withdrawal -- The Gedrosian Desert and voyage of Nearchuspt. 3. disc 5. Lectures 25-30. Deification and succession -- Alexander and the Macedonians-Opis -- Alexander and the Greeks-The Lamian War -- The Diadochoi, 323-316 B.C. -- The partition of the empire, 316-301 B.C. -- The Hellenistic concert of powers -- pt. 3. disc 6. Lectures 31-36. Macedonian courts in the Near East -- The Hellenization of the Near East -- The monetization of the Near East -- Hellenization and the gods -- The limits of Hellenization -- Alexander the Great and the shadow of Rome

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