Topics addressed in this scholarship include syncretism, colonization, Hellenization, imperialism, the accomplishment of res gestae ("great deeds"), the decline of the polis and the rise of federations and monarchies.

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• pp. 229-240, 245-249, and 271-272.
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  • chap. 16.
  • chaps. 15-16.
• Hammond, N.G.L. Alexander the Great: King, Commander, and Statesman. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes, 1980:
  • chap. 10.
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  • chap. 23.
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  • chap. 5, Epilogue.
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  • chap. 3.
• Three articles which together assess Alexander's achievement:
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  • Holt, F.L. "Alexander the Great Today: In the Interests of Historical Accuracy?," AHB 13.3 (1999) 111-117.
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