Alexander The Great And Hernan Cortes

Author : Justin D. Lyons
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498505287
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great and Hernán Cortés written by Justin D. Lyons and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biographical pairing of two of the greatest conquerors in human history, drawing its inspiration from Plutarch’s Parallel Lives. Like Plutarch, the purpose of the pairing is not primarily historical. While Plutarch covers the history of each of the lives he chronicles, he also emphasizes questions of character and the larger lessons of politics to be derived from the deeds he recounts. The book provides a narrative account both of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian Empire and Cortés’s conquest of the Aztec Empire while reflecting on the larger questions that emerge from each. The campaign narratives are followed by essays devoted to leadership and command that seek to recover the treasures of the Plutarchian approach shaped by moral and political philosophy. Analysis of leadership style and abilities is joined with assessment of character. Special emphasis is given to the speeches provided in historical sources and meditation on rhetorical successes and failures in maintaining the morale and willing service of their men.

Author : A. B. Bosworth
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199252756
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction written by A. B. Bosworth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten essays from a symposium held at Newcastle University in 1997, which examine the general themes of kingship and imperialism by focusing on the romances that surround Alexander.

Author : Partha Sarathi Bose
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592400539
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy written by Partha Sarathi Bose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partha Bose follows Alexander the Great's life and military campaigns and shows how one can employ his leadership lessons to conquer today's challenges in commerce, politics, and life.

Author : Frank L. Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190469714
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasures of Alexander the Great written by Frank L. Holt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War, the most profitable economic activity in the ancient world, transferred wealth from the vanquished to the victor. Invasions, sieges, massacres, annexations, and mass deportations all redistributed property with dramatic consequences for kings and commoners alike. No conqueror ever captured more people or property in so short a lifetime than Alexander the Great in the late fourth century BC. For all its savagery, the creation of Alexander's empire has generally been hailed as a positive economic event for all concerned. Even those harshly critical of Alexander today tend to praise his plundering of Persia as a means of liberating the moribund resources of the East. To test this popular interpretation, The Treasures of Alexander the Great investigates the kinds and quantities of treasure seized by the Macedonian king, from gold and silver to land and slaves. It reveals what became of the king's wealth and what Alexander's redistribution of these vast resources can tell us about his much-disputed policies and personality. Though Alexander owed his vast fortune to war, battle also distracted him from competently managing his spoils and much was wasted, embezzled, deliberately destroyed, or idled unprofitably. The Treasures of Alexander the Great provides a long-overdue and accessible account of Alexander's wealth and its enormous impact on the ancient world.

Author : Joseph Roisman
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292742886
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander's Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors written by Joseph Roisman and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From antiquity until now, most writers who have chronicled the events following the death of Alexander the Great have viewed this history through the careers, ambitions, and perspectives of Alexander’s elite successors. Few historians have probed the experiences and attitudes of the ordinary soldiers who followed Alexander on his campaigns and who were divided among his successors as they fought for control of his empire after his death. Yet the veterans played an important role in helping to shape the character and contours of the Hellenistic world. This pathfinding book offers the first in-depth investigation of the Macedonian veterans’ experience during a crucial turning point in Greek history (323–316 BCE). Joseph Roisman discusses the military, social, and political circumstances that shaped the history of Alexander’s veterans, giving special attention to issues such as the soldiers’ conduct on and off the battlefield, the army assemblies, the volatile relationship between the troops and their generals, and other related themes, all from the perspective of the rank-and-file. Roisman also reexamines the biases of the ancient sources and how they affected ancient and modern depictions of Alexander’s veterans, as well as Alexander’s conflicts with his army, the veterans’ motives and goals, and their political contributions to Hellenistic history. He pays special attention to the Silver Shields, a group of Macedonian veterans famous for their invincibility and martial prowess, and assesses whether or not they deserved their formidable reputation.

Author : Guy Maclean Rogers
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812972716
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander written by Guy Maclean Rogers and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god; in our day he has been reviled as a mass murderer, a tyrant as brutal as Stalin or Hitler. Who was the man behind the mask of power? Why did Alexander embark on an unprecedented program of global domination? What accounted for his astonishing success on the battlefield? In this luminous new biography, the esteemed classical scholar and historian Guy MacLean Rogers sifts through thousands of years of history and myth to uncover the truth about this complex, ambiguous genius. Ascending to the throne of Macedonia after the assassination of his father, King Philip II, Alexander discovered while barely out of his teens that he had an extraordinary talent and a boundless appetite for military conquest. A virtuoso of violence, he was gifted with an uncanny ability to visualize how a battle would unfold, coupled with devastating decisiveness in the field. Granicus, Issos, Gaugamela, Hydaspes–as the victories mounted, Alexander’s passion for conquest expanded from cities to countries to continents. When Persia, the greatest empire of his day, fell before him, he marched at once on India, intending to add it to his holdings. As Rogers shows, Alexander’s military prowess only heightened his exuberant sexuality. Though his taste for multiple partners, both male and female, was tolerated, Alexander’s relatively enlightened treatment of women was nothing short of revolutionary. He outlawed rape, he placed intelligent women in positions of authority, and he chose his wives from among the peoples he conquered. Indeed, as Rogers argues, Alexander’s fascination with Persian culture, customs, and sexual practices may have led to his downfall, perhaps even to his death. Alexander emerges as a charismatic and surprisingly modern figure–neither a messiah nor a genocidal butcher but one of the most imaginative and daring military tacticians of all time. Balanced and authoritative, this brilliant portrait brings Alexander to life as a man, without diminishing the power of the legend.

Author : David West
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781404202443
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hernán Cortés written by David West and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2005-01-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In graphic novel format, tells about the life of Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador, whose 1519 expedition led to the conquest of the Aztec Empire.

Author : Joseph Roisman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405179368
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Macedonia written by Joseph Roisman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive and up-to-date work available on ancient Macedonian history and material culture, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia is an invaluable reference for students and scholars alike. Features new, specially commissioned essays by leading and up-and-coming scholars in the field Examines the political, military, social, economic, and cultural history of ancient Macedonia from the Archaic period to the end of Roman period and beyond Discusses the importance of art, archaeology and architecture All ancient sources are translated in English Each chapter includes bibliographical essays for further reading

Author : F. S. Naiden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190875348
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier, Priest, and God written by F. S. Naiden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first life of Alexander the Great to explore his religious experience, to put his experience in Egypt and Asia on a par with his Macedonian upbringing and Greek education, and to explain how the European conqueror became a Moslem saint"--

Author : Manolo Palomares
Publisher : Manolo Palomares
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hernan Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico written by Manolo Palomares and published by Manolo Palomares. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping historical novel about the Conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés and the obstacles he faced, including extreme weather, difficult terrain, betrayals and insurrections by his own men, unknown languages, human sacrifices, cannibalism, and wars. The work also highlights the important role of doña Marina, La Malinche, in the conquest, her relationship with the Spanish captain; and the strange bond between Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma, the Aztec emperor. You will relive the key battles, Cholula and Tóxcatl Massacres, the Night of Sorrows (la Noche Triste), Tenochtitlan's siege, and the fall of the Aztec Empire. The novel is backed by extensive bibliographic research and on the accounts of both victors and vanquished participants, as well as on the significant historians and scholars of the historical period. A novel that will make you feel the epic of the Conquest of Mexico.