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Green, Peter. Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1991.

This biography of Alexander the Great serves as a brilliant source of information on the man who’s death marked the beginning of the Hellenistic period.  The book follows his many conquests and his reign over one of history’s most remembered empires.  The author devotes the first chapter to Philip of Macedon, Alexander’s father, in order to set some background to Alexander’s life.  Following the assassination of Phillip, the book catalogues in detail the many lands that Alexander conquered, especially those in Asia.  The Persian campaigns of Alexander are well documented.  These campaigns demonstrate how Greek influence spread to the farthest corners of the Asian and Middle Eastern worlds, explaining important Hellenistic cities such as Alexandria and Ai Khanum.  The book mentions mutinies that threatened the empire, especially those in India, and demonstrates Alexander’s impressive ability to keep them under control.  This historical biography of Alexanders life follows him all the way up to his death in Babylon in 323 BC.