Author: William Francis AinsworthPublisher:
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks
Author: William Francis AinsworthPublisher:
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks, Being a Geographical and Descriptive Account of the Expedition of Cyrus and of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, as Related by Xenophon. By William Ainsworth,...
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Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks
Author: William Francis AinsworthPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781354959749
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks
Author: William F. AinsworthPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528369534
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Excerpt from Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks: Being a Geographical and Descriptive Account of the Expedition of Cyrus and of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, as Related by Xenophon But this remarkable work has been read, and its geographical details have been either taken for granted, or referred to proximate delineations of territory and places, which communicated to the mind anything but a sensible or positive satisfaction in tracing the progress of the armies. In many cases the reader was compelled, after much examination, to take for granted what the mind naturally required to be verified; and in others, to forego all enquiry as entirely hopeless. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks
Author: William F. AinsworthPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330561713
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Excerpt from Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks: Being a Geographical and Descriptive Account of the Expedition of Cyrus and of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, as Related by Xenophon It has been truly remarked, in discussing the results of the eventful battle of Cunaxa, that had victory attended the steps of the Greeks we should then have been without the Anabasis, the choicest piece of ancient military history, and fairly 'worth the history of all the Persian dynasties since that period.' The same high authority and distinguished geographer, Major Rennell, who makes this remark, has also pronounced the Expedition, taken in all its parts, as perhaps 'the most splendid of all the military events that have boon recorded in ancient history;' and it is acknowledged at all hands to have been rendered no less interesting and impressive in the description, by the happy mode of relating it. This celebrated Expedition of the younger Cyrus, and still more the Retreat of tho ton thousand Greeks, by revealing the weakness of Persia, further paved the way to the overthrow of that vast empire: strong, as Xenophon remarks, with regard to the extent of country and numbers of men, but weak by reason of the great distance of places, and the division of its forces; and it thus assisted, as Archdeacon Wilberforce points out (The Five Empires, &c., pp. 113, 149), in the accomplishment of the promises of God, as made in the prophecies of Daniel, and prepared the way for the third of the great empires which were to precede the coming of the Saviour of mankind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Travels in the Track of Ten Thousand Greeks; Being a Geographical and Descriptive Account of the Expedition of Cyrus and of the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, as Related by Xenophon. By William F. Ainsworth, F. G. S., F. R. G. S., Surgeon of the Late Euphrates Expedition; Author of Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldea; Travels in Asia Minor, &c
Author: William AinsworthPublisher:
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Travels in the Track of the Ten Thousand Greeks
Author: William Francis AinsworthPublisher:
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Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Dead Sea Level
Author: Haim GorenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857719394
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In the nineteenth century The Dead Sea and the Tigris-Euphrates river system had great political significance: the one as a possible gateway for a Russian invasion of Egypt, the other as a potentially faster route to India. This is the traditional explanation for the presence of the international powers in the region. This important new book questions this view. Through a study of two important projects of the time - international efforts to determine the exact level of the Dead Sea, and Chesney's Euphrates Expedition to find a quicker route to India - Professor Goren shows how other forces than the interests of empire, were involved. He reveals the important role played by private individuals and establishes a wealth of new connections between the key players; and he reveals for the first time an important Irish nexus. The resulting work adds an important new dimension to our existing understanding of this period.
Ainsworth's Magazine
Author: William Harrison AinsworthPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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A Greek Army on the March
Author: John W. I. LeePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139468138
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Professor Lee provides a social and cultural history of the Cyreans, the mercenaries of Xenophon's Anabasis. While they have often been portrayed as a single abstract political community, this book reveals that life in the army was mostly shaped by a set of smaller social communities: the formal unit organisation of the lochos ('company'), and the informal comradeship of the suskenia ('mess group'). It includes full treatment of the environmental conditions of the march, ethnic and socio-economic relations amongst the soldiers, equipment and transport, marching and camp behaviour, eating and drinking, sanitation and medical care, and many other topics. It also accords detailed attention to the non-combatants accompanying the soldiers. It uses ancient literary and archaeological evidence, ancient and modern comparative material, and perspectives from military sociology and modern war studies. This book is essential reading for anyone working on ancient Greek warfare or on Xenophon's Anabasis.