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Go beyond the myth to learn about Alexander the Great, his empire, and why he is known as an innovative military genius who forged a new world order, led by a professor who is an expert on the classical world.

Syllabus

  • 01: Alexander the Great-Conqueror or Tyrant?
  • 02: Greece in the Age of Hegemonies
  • 03: Achaemenid Persia
  • 04: The World of Early Macedon
  • 05: Philip II and the Macedonian Way of War
  • 06: The Third Sacred War
  • 07: The Macedonian Conquest of Greece
  • 08: The League of Corinth
  • 09: Alexander, Heir Apparent
  • 10: Securing the Inheritance, 336-335 B.C.
  • 11: The Invasion of Asia
  • 12: The Battle of the Granicus
  • 13: The Turning Point-Issus and Tyre
  • 14: Alexander, Pharaoh of Egypt
  • 15: Heroes, Oracles, and the Gods
  • 16: The Campaign of Gaugamela
  • 17: The Conquest of Iran
  • 18: Alexander on the Rim of the World
  • 19: Governing and Taxing the Empire
  • 20: Alexander and the Macedonian Opposition
  • 21: The Invasion of India
  • 22: The Battle of the Hydaspes
  • 23: Mutiny and Withdrawal
  • 24: The Gedrosian Desert and Voyage of Nearchus
  • 25: Deification and Succession
  • 26: Alexander and the Macedonians-Opis
  • 27: Alexander and the Greeks-The Lamian War
  • 28: The Diadochoi, 323-316 B.C.
  • 29: The Partition of the Empire, 316-301 B.C.
  • 30: The Hellenistic Concert of Powers
  • 31: Macedonian Courts in the Near East
  • 32: The Hellenization of the Near East
  • 33: The Monetization of the Near East
  • 34: Hellenization and the Gods
  • 35: The Limits of Hellenization
  • 36: Alexander the Great and the Shadow of Rome
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Kenneth W. Harl

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