TY - BOOK AU - Bowden, Hugh TI - Alexander the Great : a very short introduction SN - 9780198706151 U1 - G 938.07 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C KW - Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C KW - Greece -- History -- Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C KW - Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C N1 - In 336 BC Alexander the Great became king of Macedon. During his twelve-year reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest to have yet existed, and in the process had a profound effect on the world he moved through. In this examination of his life and career, Hugh Bowden explores his cultural and historical legacy ER -