History of Alexander the Great, Etc
Author: Jacob ABBOTT
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 200
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Author: Jacob ABBOTT
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Waldemar Heckel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-03-09
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1405130814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlexander the Great: A New History combines traditional scholarship with contemporary research to offer an innovative treatment of one of history's most famous figures. Written by leading experts in the field Looks at a wide range of diverse topics including Alexander's religious views, his entourage during his campaign East, his sexuality, the influence of his legacy, and his representations in art and cinema Discusses Alexander's influence, from his impact on his contemporaries to his portrayals in recent Hollywood films A highly informed and enjoyable resource for students and interested general readers
Author: Jacob Abbott
Publisher: Fv Editions
Published: 2020-06-16
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history's greatest military minds. As King of Macedonia and Persia, Alexander established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race.
Author: Jacob Abbott
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 202
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 255
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jacob Abbott
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1605208272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with the greatest interest. To them I am indebted for about all the historical knowledge I have." Considered what we would now call "young adult" literature, this collection, first published between 1848 and 1871, was designed to present a clear, distinct, connected narrative of the lives of the great figures of world history, those people who have been most influential, at least as American author and educator JACOB ABBOTT (1803-1879) saw it from his 19th-century perspective. Wildly popular and republished many times under different collected names, this replica set mimics the 1904 reprint known as the "Makers of History" series. It will delight students of history as well as show the scholar how history telling has changed over the last few centuries. More than 30 other volumes in the series are also available from Cosimo Classics. This volume, dating from 1849, covers legendary Greek military commander Alexander the Great (356Bi323Be, including the beginning of his reign, the campaign in Asia Minor, the siege of Tyre, and much more.
Author: Jacob Abbott
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: 1900-01-01
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1465505024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has been written in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other. Among the twenty millions of people in the United States, there are perhaps two millions, between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, who wish to become acquainted, in general, with the leading events in the history of the Old World, and of ancient times, but who, coming upon the stage in this land and at this period, have ideas and conceptions so widely different from those of other nations and of other times, that a mere republication of existing accounts is not what they require. The story must be told expressly for them. The things that are to be explained, the points that are to be brought out, the comparative degree of prominence to be given to the various particulars, will all be different, on account of the difference in the situation, the ideas, and the objects of these new readers, compared with those of the various other classes of readers which former authors have had in view. It is for this reason, and with this view, that the present series of historical narratives is presented to the public. The author, having had some opportunity to become acquainted with the position, the ideas, and the intellectual wants of those whom he addresses, presents the result of his labors to them, with the hope that it may be found successful in accomplishing its design.
Author: Richard Stoneman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0300112033
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But the resonance his legend achieved over the next two millennia stretched even farther across foreign cultures, religious traditions, and distant nations. This engaging and handsomely illustrated book for the first time gathers together hundreds of the colorful Alexander legends that have been told and retold around the globe. Richard Stoneman, a foremost expert on the Alexander myths, introduces us first to the historical Alexander and then to the Alexander of legend, an unparalleled mythic icon who came to represent the heroic ideal in cultures from Egypt to Iceland, from Britain to Malaya. Alexander came to embody the concerns of Hellenistic man; he fueled Roman ideas on tyranny and kingship; he was a talisman for fourth-century pagans and a hero of chivalry in the early Middle Ages. He appears in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic writings, frequently as a prophet of God. Whether battling winged foxes or meeting with the Amazons, descending to the underworld or inventing the world s first diving bell, Alexander inspired as a hero, even a god. Stoneman traces Alexander s influence in ancient literature and folklore and in later literatures of east and west. His book provides the definitive account of the legends of Alexander the Great a powerful leader in life and an even more powerful figure in the history of literature and ideas."
Author: Jacob 1803-1879 Abbott
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Published: 2016-08-26
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781363309269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Abbott Jacob
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2016-06-23
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781318973828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.