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Author Worthington, Ian.

Title By the spear : Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian empire / Ian Worthington.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1603793~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  938.07 WOR    AVAILABLE
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Description xxi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-381) and index.
Contents Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of maps and figures -- Ancient Works and Abbreviations -- Figures 1 and 2 -- Maps -- Introduction: The Architect and the Master Builder -- Greece and Macedonia -- Philip II and the Rise of Macedonia -- The New Player in Greek Politics -- The Gathering War Clouds -- The Downfall of Greece -- Philip's Assassination and Legacy -- Alexander's Early Kingship--and Persia -- From Europe to Asia -- Alexander : Master Strategist and Emerging God -- The Fall of the Persian Empire -- The War in Afghanistan -- Passage to India -- Retreat from India -- Alexander's Final Years -- Death in Babylon and Alexander's Legacy -- Appendix: The Sources of Information.
Subject Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C.
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Armies -- Macedonia -- History.
Social change -- Macedonia -- History.
Macedonia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C.
Macedonia -- History, Military.
Macedonia -- Relations -- Greece.
Greece -- Relations -- Macedonia.
ISBN 9780199929863 (hardback : acid-free paper)
0199929866 (hardback : acid-free paper)
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