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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

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[FygeApoDoReVromokole]

Great documentary on the famous Greek conqueror.

[aronboylloyd123]

Amazing! Totally Amazing!

[thejustnosy]

@MrDelfined "race of wrath" and no, they hated each others guts, persians had attacked Greece earlier Alexander was returning the favour, with interest

[Thessalonik1]

lovely peice !

[alsmed]

Issus was the decisive victory. The majority of Darius's elite were destroyed there and at Guagamela, as sexy as the victory seems to us because he was so heavily outnumbered, Alexander was figthing the remnants, the scrapings of the barrel. The war was already won after Issus. Gaugamela was the icing on the cake.

[fmoa]

@willlibuster how come rome be the 4th beast when they conquer only a small part of the middle east,trajan extend the roman empire deep into what is today iraq n thats it,he didnt conquer iran/persia,bactria,sogdia,afg­hanistan n northern india like what alexander did,so middle eastern label alexander as the beast coz he truly completely conquered the whole middle east,rome didnt,they conquer only small part of the middle east,but hey,they conquer north africa n barbarian europe eh.

[willlibuster]

the 4th beast was Rome not Greece.

[MrDelfined]

What is the "race of Roth"(sic?) in Persian culture?

Was there mutual cultural recognition because the Persians and Greek/Macedonians were both Indo-European?

[MsStormcrow]

@cameraobscura2410 he won the battle at issus, but won the war near guagemala. there's a difference between winning a battle and winning the war.

[2005defender]

@kojPRVpocna

there is a wrld conspirancy against fyrom

only your MANU sais the truth

Btw what happend with your MANU???