Strategists & Statesmen · Ancient
Alexander the Great
How a 20-year-old Macedonian king conquered the Persian Empire in a decade: Philip's army, the combined-arms 'hammer and anvil', Granicus, Issus, Tyre, Gaugamela and the Hydaspes, his leadership style, and why the empire split at his death.
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Prereqs: Ancient Greece; Persian Empire. Next: Julius Caesar. Sources: Arrian, *Anabasis of Alexander*; Plutarch, *Life of Alexander*; Robin Lane Fox, *Alexander the Great*.Next: 1. Inheritance