Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 194 pages)
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maps
ISBN:
9780520352162
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0520352165
Inhalt:
The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Engels uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. Careful analysis of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a fashion to help account for Alexander's strategic decision in the light of the options open to him. The chief merit of this splendid book is the way in which it brings an ancient army to life, as it really was and moved: the hours it took for simple operations of washing and cooking and feeding animals; the train of noncombatants moving with the army--New York Review of Books
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index
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The Macedonian army and its logistic system -- Greece and Turkey -- Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and Iraq -- Iran and Afghanistan -- Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, and Southern Iran -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Rations -- Appendix 2: The site of the Pinarus -- Appendix 3: Approximate chronology of the Gedrosian campaign -- Appendix 4: Alexander's route in the Gedrosian desert -- Appendix 5: Statistical tables.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Engels, Donald W Alexander the Great and the logistics of the Macedonian army Berkeley : University of California Press, 1980, ©1978 ISBN 0520042727
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520042728
Sprache:
Englisch
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