Into the Land of Bones
Subtitle: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan (Hellenistic Culture and Society)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780520245532
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Biography: general; Military - General; History; Ancient - General; History - General History; Middle East - General; History: World; ASIA; Ancient World; Ancient - Greece; Asia - General; History / Ancient / General; the Great,; Alexander,; 356-323 B.C; Afghanistan; History, Military
First sentence: Afghanistan, the world's inexhaustible wellspring of warlords and terrorists cannot escape the crosshairs of history.