The death of Alexander the Great sparked a war for his throne. Contenders included two women, his mother Olympias and his ...

When Alexander the Great passed away, his son, Alexander IV, was still in his mother's womb, making his succession a web of intrigue.

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a professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and author of the book "The Life of Alexander the Great" (Brighter Child, 2006 ...

Mankind has sought civilization since the earliest days of recorded history. However, some kingdoms were the first to start ...

During the Hellenistic era, an obscure city in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey) became one of the leading states of the 3rd ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, he did not put his left hand on either of the two Bibles held by his wife.

One of the major figures in the history of the Western Isles is Somerled. Born around 1117 and with a mixed Norse and Gaelic pedigree, Somerled was challenge the might of both Norway and Scotland in ...

Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the ...

1 Macc begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends with ... all the lands from Greece to India, so he divided up his kingdom on his deathbed. The Holy Land fell in the part ...

Sinking yields lessened the intense pressure on EM currencies, pressure which had forced 'doom loop' EM currency intervention ...

The Prime Minister is to increase spending despite a leaked report from the spending watchdog downgrading the UK's economic forecast ...