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Alexander The Great

Alexander III of Macedon—Alexander the Great—was the 4th-century-BC warrior-king whose lightning conquests forged history’s most expansive empire yet and spread Greek culture from the Aegean to the Indus.

Professor Atlas Reed 17 3 min read

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a constellation of city-states that, between the 9th and 4th centuries BCE, forged the political, artistic, philosophical, and scientific templates that still underpin Western civilization.

Professor Atlas Reed 16 4 min read

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Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire was the largest of the Hellenistic successor states, forging a Graeco-Macedonian dynasty that stretched from the Aegean to the Indus before succumbing to Roman expansion and Parthian pressure.

Professor Atlas Reed 4 5 min read