Go beyond the myth to learn about Alexander the Great, his empire, and why he is known as an innovative military genius who forged a new world order, led by a professor who is an expert on the classical world.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Alexander the Great-Conqueror or Tyrant?
- 02: Greece in the Age of Hegemonies
- 03: Achaemenid Persia
- 04: The World of Early Macedon
- 05: Philip II and the Macedonian Way of War
- 06: The Third Sacred War
- 07: The Macedonian Conquest of Greece
- 08: The League of Corinth
- 09: Alexander, Heir Apparent
- 10: Securing the Inheritance, 336-335 B.C.
- 11: The Invasion of Asia
- 12: The Battle of the Granicus
- 13: The Turning Point-Issus and Tyre
- 14: Alexander, Pharaoh of Egypt
- 15: Heroes, Oracles, and the Gods
- 16: The Campaign of Gaugamela
- 17: The Conquest of Iran
- 18: Alexander on the Rim of the World
- 19: Governing and Taxing the Empire
- 20: Alexander and the Macedonian Opposition
- 21: The Invasion of India
- 22: The Battle of the Hydaspes
- 23: Mutiny and Withdrawal
- 24: The Gedrosian Desert and Voyage of Nearchus
- 25: Deification and Succession
- 26: Alexander and the Macedonians-Opis
- 27: Alexander and the Greeks-The Lamian War
- 28: The Diadochoi, 323-316 B.C.
- 29: The Partition of the Empire, 316-301 B.C.
- 30: The Hellenistic Concert of Powers
- 31: Macedonian Courts in the Near East
- 32: The Hellenization of the Near East
- 33: The Monetization of the Near East
- 34: Hellenization and the Gods
- 35: The Limits of Hellenization
- 36: Alexander the Great and the Shadow of Rome
Taught by
Kenneth W. Harl
