Meet The 4,000-Year-Old Olive Tree That Saw The Rise And Fall Of Alexander The Great’s Empire—A Biologist Explains
The olive tree of Vouves has survived fire, droughts and other climatic shifts while watching history unfold over millennia.
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How Alexander the Great Prepared for Battle Against the Persians
Astonishing details of Alexander the Great's personal armory as he prepared for the Battle of Gaugamela against the Persians ...
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Bactria: The Ancient Greek State in Afghanistan
Bactria, a huge area in todays' Afghanistan, was the eastern edge of the ancient Greek empire, established by Alexander the ...
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Episode Transcript – Episode 31 - Head of Alexander
Persia was at that point the greatest empire on earth, sprawling from Egypt across the Middle East and central Asia to India and almost to China. The young Alexander campaigned brilliantly for a ...
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KS3 / GCSE History: The legacy of Alexander the Great
Along with war and conquest, Alexander founded seventy Greek-style towns across North Africa and Asia. And Greek became the new common language across his empire. Alexander’s Macedonian veterans ...
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Archaeologists unearthed the site of the first battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire
Archaeologists in Turkey have just identified the site of Alexander the Great's first victory over the Persian Empire. This particular site had been unclear for 150 years. In 334 BC, Alexander the ...