as it has been for thousands of years. We find the same basic celebration—although expressed in different ways—in various ancient cultures. In 334 BCE, Alexander the Great, the son of Philip II of ...

In fact, says Briant, there’s a simple reason why, 2,000 years on, we talk about Alexander but not Cyrus the Great, who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BCE: racism. “We are Europe-focused ...

At just 20 years old, Alexander ... Though his empire fragmented after his death, his legacy as a military genius and unifier of cultures endures, earning him the title “the Great.” ...

This empire collapsed shortly after his death, with his generals and officials carving it up into different kingdoms. But how did Alexander the Great die ... hundreds of years after he died ...

Which is why Rachel Kousser’s new biography, “Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great,” is a breath of fresh air on its subject. Kousser neatly ...

That was the recurrent, ultimately insurmountable, challenge faced by the empire-building Macedonian king Alexander the Great during the last seven years of his life, a tumultuous period now under ...