Alexander the Great

Nick Hunter

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What was it like to live in ancient Greece? Why not let Alexander the Great tell you about it? You'll read about his rise to power, his triumphs and failures, and what living in Ancient Greece was like. A postscript explains how and what happened after he died.

Sujets

• Ancient Greece

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 18 juillet 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406269758
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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H E R O J O U R N A L S

A l e x a n d e r theGreat

Nick Hunter

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hunter, Nick Alexander the Great. – (Hero journals) 938’.07’092-dc23 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Contents Who is Alexander the Great?........................ 4 A boy with a big future................................. 6 The teenage regent...................................... 12 Master of Macedonia............................... 16 First steps into Asia .................................22 Pursuing the Persians ................................ 26 All work and no play...................................28 Finding new lands ..................................... 30 The end of the march.................................. 34 Alexander’s place in history..........................38 Timeline................................................... 40 Write your own journal............................... 42 Glossary .................................................. 44 Find out more ...........................................46 Index........................................................48

Who is Alexander the Great? When you see “the Great” after someone’s name, you know they were probably pretty special. To build an empire stretching from Europe to India, you have to be a truly great leader. If you can do it by the time you’re 32 years old, then people are going to remember you for thousands of years. My name is Alexander, and I am that man.

Don’t get me wrong; I had a good start in life. It’s a lot easier building an empire when you start off as the son of a king. But that didn’t mean I had everything handed to me on a plate. When my father died, his enemies thought I’d be a pushover. They soon found out the truth. 4

They put up statues of me across Europe, North Africa, and Asia.