Alexander's Heirs
The Age of the Successors
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Beschreibung
Alexander's Heirs offers a narrative account of theapproximately forty years following the death of Alexander theGreat, during which his generals vied for control of his vastempire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately createdthe Hellenistic Age.
* Offers an account of the power struggles betweenAlexander's rival generals in the forty year periodfollowing his death
* Discusses how Alexander's vast empire ultimately becamethe Hellenistic World
* Makes full use of primary and secondary sources
* Accessible to a broad audience of students, universityscholars, and the educated general reader
* Explores important scholarly debates on the Diadochi
Autor*in
Edward M. Anson
Themen in »Alexander's Heirs«
Altertum Ancient & Classical Greek & Hellenistic History Ancient & Classical History Classical Studies Geschichte Geschichte des Altertums u. der klassischen Antike Griechenland /Alte Geschichte Hellenistische Geschichte, Geschichte der griechischen Antike History Humanistische Studien
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"A reliable guide through the seemingly endless wars of the period has long been a desideratum for teachers and students. Anson (Univ. of Arkansas) addresses that need with this book... Summing Up: Essential. Belongs in all university libraries." (Choice, 1 March 2015)
"Alexander's Heirs is a concise, butthoroughly documented, study of the formative years (323-281 BCE)of the Hellenistic age by an insightful and highly respectedscholar. Students, teachers, and researchers will find it anindispensable and infallible guide to one of the most complex andexciting periods of ancient history."
--Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary, Canada
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