Ian Worthington (Curators' Professor of History at the University o

Ptolemy I

King and Pharaoh of Egypt

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first full-length biography of Ptolemy I of Egypt in English. From his boyhood friendship with Alexander the Great to his reign as king and pharaoh of Egypt, Ptolemy's story is one of ambition and ruthlessness as he helped shape Egypt's history and that of the early Hellenistic world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780190202330
• ISBN-10: 0190202335
• Artikelnr.: 47863946

Autorenporträt

Ian Worthington is Curators' Professor of History at the University of Missouri and author of Demosthenes of Athens (OUP, 2013) and By the Spear (OUP, 2014)

Inhaltsangabe

* CONTENTS
* List of Maps and Figures
* Ancient Works and Abbreviations
* Map 1. Alexander's Empire Map 2. Greece and Macedonia Map 3. The
Hellenistic World Map 4. Egypt and Syria
* Introduction: From Cleopatra to Ptolemy
* 1. The Young Ptolemy
* 2. Invading Persia with Alexander
* 3. The Campaign in Afghanistan
* 4. To India and Back
* 5. Ptolemy and the Rise of the Successors
* 6. From Babylon to Egypt
* 7. Ptolemy under Attack
* 8. Alexander's Corpse
* 9. From Satrap to King
* 10. First Among Equals
* 11. Ptolemy and Egypt
* 12. The End - and Beyond
* Appendix 1: Ptolemy's History of Alexander Appendix 2: The Sources of
Information Timeline
* V111
* Bibliography
* Index
* Index