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	Alexander the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirote princess Olympias.
		In 332-331 BC Alexander was welcomed as a liberator in Egypt and was pronounced the son of Zeus by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwah oasis in the Libyan Desert.
		Alexander and [[Porus by Charles Le Brun, 1673]] With the death of Spitamenes and his marriage to Roxana (Roshanak in Bactrian) to cement his relations with his new Central Asian satrapies, in 326 BC Alexander was finally free to turn his attention to India.
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	Alexander the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Alexander the Great (late July 356 BC – June 10 323 BC) was King of Macedon ; he united the warring and divided states of Greece and conquered Persia Egypt and a number of other kingdoms the way to the borders of India.
		Born in Pella Macedon Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and Epirote (Albanian) princess Olympias.
		Alexander was a legend in his own His court historian Callisthenes portrayed the sea in Cilicia as drawing back from him in Writing after Alexander's death another participant Onesicritus so far as to invent a tryst Alexander and Thalestris queen of the mythical Amazons.
	www.freeglossary.com /Alexander_the_Great (2646 words)

	Alexander The Great History Greece Aristotle Persia Egypt Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Alexander's army crossed the Cilician Gates and met and defeated the main Persian army under the command of Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC.
		In 332 BC-331 BC Alexander was welcomed as a liberator in Egypt and was pronounced the son of Zeus by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert.
		Alexander was often identified in Persian and Arabic-language sources as Dhul-Qarnayn, Arabic for the "Two-Horned One", possibly a reference to the appearance of a horn-headed figure that appears on coins minted during his rule and later imitated in ancient Middle Eastern coinage.
	www.alexanderthegreatbooks.com (14139 words)

	The Koran
		The Koran sways between the conceptions of predestination and free-will, according to whether the relevant verses are addressed to the unheeding multitude or to the group of Believers.
		Consequently, although polemic against the Jews, the luke-warm or time-serving elements in Medina (whom the Koran usually designates as ‘the slinkers’ or ‘the sick-hearted’) and the fickle Bedonin tribesmen occupies a considerable portion of the Medinian suras, it is subordinate to the inculcation of religious, ethical, and social duties.
		The generally received account describes its first compilation a few years after his death from of parchment and leather, tablets of stone, ribs of palm branches, camels' shoulder-blades and ribs, pieces of board and the ‘breasts of men’.
	www.bible.ca /islam/library/Gibb/koran.htm (3773 words)

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		He has given a new system of religion, which has had still greater success than the arms of his followers, and to establish this religion made use of an imposture; and on this account it is supposed that he must of necessity have been a most abandoned villain, and his memory is become infamous.
		It must, however, be borne in mind that the Koran plays a far greater role among the Muhammadans than does the Bible in Christianity in that it provides not only the canon of their faith, but also the textbook of their ritual and the principles of their Civil Law.
		It is well for all who study the Koran to realize that the actual text is never the composition of the Prophet, but is the word of God addressed to the Prophet; and that in quoting the Koran the formula is "He (may he be exalted) said" or some such phrase.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/koran09ba.txt (12095 words)

	Koran - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Koran : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Koran : The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy [home, info]
		Phrases that include Koran: account of alexander given in the koran, allegations of koran desecration, complete idiots guide to the koran, koran chanting, koran school, more...
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	The Origins of the Koran
		The traditional account claims that the Koran was revealed to Muhammad, written down in bits, and not collated before Muhammad's death.
		The Arabic of the Koran was not a dialect.
		The Koran's view of Jesus' mission is: (1) confirm the true doctrine of the Torah, (2) preach monotheism, (3) warn against new sects.
	debate.org.uk /topics/books/origins-koran.html (11579 words)

	The Koran English translation by Dr. T.B.Irving : Arthur's Classic Novels
		Many expressions are given an ironic cast in some translations like "grand vizier" for the Turkish prime minister, when a simpler term like 'prime minister' or 'premier' would take it out of the Arabian Nights and make it sound more appropriate and fitting for statecraft.
		The spelling "Koran" is often used by nonMuslims and westerntrained Muslims, the same people as use the spelling "Moslems", as the late Professor Hitti did in his book Islam in his incredible quotation: "An old fashioned Moslem (sic) goes through the legal ablutions before he open the book" (pp.
		The ayn is the voiced pharyngeal fricative, historically has given us the capital "E" in the Roman alphabet, which represented this originally in Phoenician; and this might be used to express this sound, except that it would lead to confusion, especially among uninitiated.
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		It must, however, be borne in mind that the Korân plays a far greater rôle among the Muhammadans than does the Bible in Christianity in that it provides not only the canon of their faith, but also the text-book of their ritual and the principles of their Civil Law.
		It is well for all who study the Korân to realize that the actual text is never the composition of the Prophet, but is the word of God addressed to the Prophet; and that in quoting the Korân the formula is "He (may he be exalted) said" or some such phrase.
		The former lived by tillage, the cultivation of palm trees, breeding and feeding of cattle, and the exercise of all sorts of trades,1 particularly merchandising,2 wherein they were very eminent, even in the time of Jacob.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/koran09b.txt (8455 words)

	True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran
		The Islamic Qur'an was written down from 3rd and 4th hand accounts; and from a few thoughts written on scrap papers --and compiled over 150 years after Muhammad died in 632 A.D. The oldest Qur'an dates from around 790 A.D. (after Jesus), and it is in the British Library.
		The library where the Koran is kept is in an area of old Tashkent known as Hast-Imam, well off the beaten track for most visitors to this city.
		His entire purpose for the Qur'an (Koran) was simply to increase his personal self esteem, attain superior status, and for maintaining discipline and cohesion within his robber band.
	bibleprobe.com /muhammad.htm (10642 words)

	Topical Index of Bible and History
		Narrative Theology affirms a given community's right to come up with its own interpretation, or to "write" its own new biblical text.
		The system of sermonizing on a text is now almost universally abandoned by all who intend that their hearers should understand the testimony of God." Alexander Campbell.
		Alexander the Oracle Monger in about 100 AD shows how to organize one.
	www.piney.com /DocIndex.html (6232 words)

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