BBC - In the footsteps of Alexander (no going back) 14

In the footsteps of Alexander the Great

In this award winning adventure Micheal Wood embarks on a 2000 mile journey in the foot steps of Alexander's triumphal march from Greece to India. Travelling with Lebanese traders, Iranian pilgrims and Afghan guerillas, by jeep, train, boat, camel and on foot, he interweaves the momentous events of the past with present day reality and brings us new insights into a man whose myth and acheivements still resonate down the centuries

"We saw things I can scarcely believe. We took shelter for the night with an Afghan warlord who had delivered pizzas in the United States, and were hauled off to jail more than once. It was one of the great experiences of my life" - Michael Wood

Additional Tags:
Megas Alexandros Hellenistic Greeks Empire Language Culture Arts Weapons Phalanx Hopelites Asia Minor Troy Arabia Egypt Libya Irbil Kurdistan River Tigris Euphrates Mesopotamia Assyria Baghdad Babylon Iraq Persepolis Susa Iran Persian Empire Afghanistan Turkmenistan

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Documentary
• History
• Ancient
• Macedonia
• Greece
• Alexander
• the
• Great
• King
• 300
• Persian
• Empire
• Amazon
• Queen
• Asia
• Turkmen

[cyrusiancyrus]

Hahaha, these people are Turkmens (Turks), not Persians :)

[alexandros1821]

M. Wood claims they too are Turkmen as well, dear Cyrus.

But Persian influence here during the timed invasion of Alexander and his Greeks was obvious.

It isnt only the turkmen that claim Alexandros was the "dual horned" one :)

[gxVoyager]

i love woods...

[KingOfDestruction]

I have been obsessed and idolized Alexander the Great ever since I was 12yrs old. The man has everything to do with who I am as a person today. Truly one of the greatest individuals to ever live. To accomplish even half of what he did is a thought that exaust most mortal men. Thank you for this, I enjoyed it greatly.

[YaBudala]

@cyrusiancyrus Back then it was all Persians

[camomilleable11]

The man speaks in Persian Language, i guess this place is in Part of Turkmenistan which is in Merv, next to Khorezm (Uzbekistan). Even in present time in Merv still lives a lot of Tajiks about 500.000. I guess they accept Turkmen identity, thats how they look alike.

[thekayaful]

they are turkic u can tell from there mongol like eyes which are abit chingy

[musthatedogs]

@oberstinky no it was 13 days explaining she was barking up the wrong tree

[Jarizul]

@cyrusiancyrus aint that like saying estonians are finns?

[notreem]

Rhinehart666

dear, you are the one who needs to read the Quran. it is full of stories about the prophets and their lives. nothing about conquest or descriptions of torture. Please try to be fair and just. don'e just talk nonsense about what you don't know.

[garyU6969]

10-11

[zorro2040]

Its in Iran, North east Iran.(Iranian part of Turkmanestan)

And the culture is Persian and the language spoken is Farsi and Turkmen.

[ilikerhcp2]

How many more parts are left in this documentary?

[Cherkezjep]

people which at 3.45 are not Turkmens