Alexander's Empire
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: January 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781402192937
Subjects: History,Ancient History,Alexander the Great,Macedonia,Diadochi,John Pentland Mahaffy,Arthur Gilman; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Greece
First sentence: MOST of the great changes in the world's history come about gradually, and wise men can see them coming, for it is very hard to run counter to the nature of average men, and all great advances and degradations of society are the result of persistent causes; but a few times, since our records have been kept, there has arisen a single genius, who has done what no number of lesser men could accomplish, who has upset theories as well as dominions, preached a new faith, discovered some new application of Force, which has given a fresh start to the world in its weary and perplexed struggle for a higher life.