In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Michael Wood (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

1998
BBC Books (Verlag)
978-0-563-37144-1 (ISBN)

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Michael Wood retraces Alexander the Great's 20,000-mile journey from Greece to India. In an account based on a range of sources as diverse as medieval travellers' narratives, satellite photography and eye-witness reports, momentous events of the past are interwoven with present-day reality.

Alexander the Great's 20,000-mile journey from Greece to India is seen as a key moment in history which laid the foundations for the later dominance of Western culture, but which also, ironically, paved the way for the spread of Islam. Retracing the journey in this book, Michael Wood travels by plane, train, boat and camel and on foot through many of the 20th century's major trouble spots, including Beirut and Kurdistan. Among the people he encounters are Lebanese traders, Iranian pilgrims and Afghan guerrillas. In an account based on a range of sources as diverse as medieval travellers' narratives, satellite photography and eye-witness reports, momentous events of the past are interwoven with present-day reality.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.7.1998
Zusatzinfo	56 colour & 56 b&w photographs, 8 maps
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-563-37144-7 / 0563371447
ISBN-13	978-0-563-37144-1 / 9780563371441
Zustand	Neuware