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	Alexander the Great: the towns
		Alexandria by the Latmus: a town in Caria, maybe founded as a garrison or military settlement in the winter of 333.
		Alexandria on the Indus: founded in February 325 on the confluence of the Indus and the Acesines (Chenab), probably on the site of an older, Persian settlement.
		Alexandria in Carmania: if this city was founded by Alexander (and not by Seleucus), it must have been a permanent garrison founded in January 324.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander_z2.html (803 words)

	Alexandria (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexandria is the name of many cities and towns in different countries.
		Alexandria, Gaea, a city-state in the fictional world of Tenebrae: the Emblem of Ea.
		Alexandria, a city in the fictional world in the role playing game Final Fantasy IX made by Squaresoft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexandria_(disambiguation) (274 words)

	Alexandria Eschate - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Alexander’s reasons for placing a city on the Jaxartes were, according to Arrian, both to act as a defence against attack from the Sacae, and to act as a springboard for an eventual invasion of Scythia.
		The populations of the sacked cities were probably put to work building the new city—the exterior walls were constructed in 17 to 20 days (C 7.6.26 and J 12.5 say 17; A 4.4.1 says 20); and many were settled there, along with some Greek mercenaries and invalid Macedonians (A 4.4.1; C 7.6.27).
		Alexandria Eschate has been identified with modern Khodjend (formerly Leninabad) in Tajikistan.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Alexandria_Eschate (365 words)

	Calvo Continued Extracts on Gnostic Elements in Chess
		In Sogdiana: Alexandria Eschate, 50 km to the NE of Tashkent, several toponoms point towards probable foundation by Alexander.
		Alexandria in the river Acesines (Cenab), near its confluence with the Indus.
		Alexandria Oxiane (in the Oxus: Djaybun) Alexandria Eschate, different from the other, in the upper Oxus superior, and other Alexandria in Bactria and Sogdiana are also evident.
	www.goddesschess.com /chessays/calvognosis2.html (7829 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Alexandria Eschate
		Alexandria Eschate (Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια Εσχάτη, “Alexandria the Furthest”) was founded by Alexander the Great in 329 BCE as his most advanced base in Central Asia.
		Alexander built a 6 kilometer brick wall around the city and, as for the other cities he founded, had a group of his retired veterans and wounded settle there.
		See the notes on "Northern Wuyi" = Alexndria Eschate in the draft annotated translation of the 3rd century Chinese history, the Weilue, by John Hill at:
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Alexandria_Eschate (403 words)

	Alexandria Eschatê
		Alexandria Eschatê ('the furthest'): town founded by Alexander the Great, modern Khodzent.
		Of the many cities founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria Eschatê was probably the one that created most problems.
		From the very beginning, there were troubles; and this must have surprised Alexander, because the march to the river Jaxartes, in the early summer of 329, had been easy.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexandria/alexandria_eschate.html (528 words)

	The Grecian Empire
		He founded the city of Alexandria near the western arm of the Nile on a fine site between the sea and Lake Mareotis, protected by the island of Pharos, and had it laid out by the Rhodian architect Deinocrates.
		From Alexandria he marched along the coast to Paraetonium and from there inland to visit the celebrated oracle of the god Amon (at Siwah); the difficult journey was later embroidered with flattering legends.
		Following up Nearchus' voyage, he now founded an Alexandria at the mouth of the Tigris and made plans to develop sea communications with India, for which an expedition along the Arabian coast was to be a preliminary.
	www.chn-net.com /timeline/grec_emp_alex.html (4162 words)

	LEXANDRIA, general designation of cities whose foundation is credited to Alexander the Great (356-23 B
		Alexandria of Persis (inscription at Magnesia on the Maeander, OGIS N 233).
		Alexandria of Sacastene (Isidore of Charax 18; perhaps Stephanos Byzantinos 15).
		Alexandria of the Oxus (Ptolemy 6.12, and 6, where it is placed in Sogdiana).
	www.iranica.com /newsite/articles/v1f8/v1f8a033.html (565 words)

	Ta Yuan - SgWiki
		The region of Ferghana was conquered by Alexander the Great in 329 BCE and became his most advanced base in Central Asia.
		“Alexandria the Furthest”) in the southwestern part of the Ferghana valley, on the southern bank of the river Syr Darya (ancient Jaxartes), at the location of the modern city of Khujand (also called Khozdent, formerly Leninabad), in the state of Tajikistan.
		The Greco-Bactrians held their territory, and according to the Greek historian Strabo even went beyond Alexandria Eschate and " extended their empire as far as the Seres (China) and the Phryni" (Strabo XI.XI.I).
	www.sgwiki.com /wiki/Ta_Yuan (1790 words)

	Amazon.com: "Alexandria Eschate": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		They were envisaged as mil- itary foundations, as is explicit in the foundation of Alexandria Eschate (Chodzhent) on the south bank of the river laxartes.
		Whether settling down in Alexandria-by-Egypt or in Alexandria Eschate (in modern Uzbekistan) was equally attractive is a moot point.59 One of a series of sketches of ethical traits by...
		Whether settling down in Alexandria-by-Egypt or in Alexandria Eschate (in modern Uzbekistan) was equally attractive is a moot point.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Alexandria-Eschate (497 words)

	History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part VII, by Risto Stefov
		With the founding of Alexandria, a port city facing the Mediterranean, Alexander transformed his military efforts into business opportunities not just for the Macedonians but for the entire known world.
		Alexandria was to become the leading multinational, multicultural, commercial trade centre of the world.
		To avoid further trouble he founded a Macedonian settlement, which he named Alexandria -of-the- Areians, the first of many military garrisons positioned at strategic points throughout the eastern provinces.
	www.maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov24.html (8903 words)

	Alexander the Great, Synopsys,JJP p a r t t w o
		From Phrada during the winter of 330-329, Alexander moves to south through Arachosia toward valley of the Helmand River, and crossed the country of the Paropamisadae, where he founded another cities Alexandria in Aracosia and Alexandria by the Caucasus.
		At the site of modern Khojent on the Jaxartes, he founded a city, Alexandria Eschate, "the last Alexandria" In the mean time Spitamenes, prince of Sogdiana had raised in revolt, who had escaped in the hart of Asiatic Russia raising the Massagetai against the Macedons.
		Following up Nearchus' voyage, he had founded an Alexandria at the mouth of the Tigris and made plans to develop sea communications with India, for which an expedition along the Arabian coast was to be a preliminary one.
	www.1stmuse.com /frames/p2-alex-synopsys.html (5842 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Alexandria in Egypt, which would become the prosperous capital of the Ptolemaic dynasty after his death.
		In the first centuries after Alexander's death, probably in Alexandria, a quantity of the more legendary material coalesced into a text known as the "Alexander Romance," later falsely ascribed to the historian Callisthenes and therefore known as Pseudo-Callisthenes.
		This text underwent numerous expansions and revisions throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages, exhibiting a plasticity unseen in "higher" literary forms.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Alexander_the_Great.html (4129 words)

	United Friends / Tajikistan / (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Khudjand, which was founded as Alexandria Eschate – “Alexandria the Furthest”.
		Khudjand, located on an ancient caravan route from China to the Mediterranean, was a famous town marking the farthest expansion of Alexander the Great.
		There he founded a new fortress called Alexandria Eskhat (the Outermost Alexandria).
	www.uf.uz /content/page_9_0.html (690 words)

	Arrian Campaigns of Alexander (Anabasis) Summary
		Founds Alexandria (the first of many cities so founded and named).
		Bessus lays waste to the land, but AG is not deterred even by the snow.
		AG writes Cleomenes in Egypt requesting he erect a shrine to Hephaestion in Egyptian Alexandria and another on the island of Pharos--both at great expense.
	www.mcgoodwin.net /pages/otherbooks/lfa_anabasis.html (3513 words)

	Alexander the Great, Synopsys,JJP
		He founded the city of Alexandria near the western arm of the Nile between the sea and Lake Mareotis, protected by the island of Pharos, and had it projected by the famous Rhodian architect Deinocrates.
		From Alexandria he marched along the coast to Paraetonium and from there inland to visit the celebrated oracle of the god Amon at Siwah.
		Alexander reaching the oracle in its oasis, the priest gave him the traditional salutation of a pharaoh, as son of Amon; Alexander consulted the oracle, which reviled him that he was the son of Amon (Zeus).
	www.1stmuse.com /alex3/alex-text.html (6103 words)

	Alexandria Eschate - China-related Topics AI-AL - China-Related Topics
		Alexandria Eschate - China-related Topics AI-AL - China-Related Topics
		, ???Alexandria the Furthest???) was founded by Alexander the Great in 329 BCE as his most advanced base in Central Asia.
		Image:EuthydemusI.jpgrightthumb200pxCoin depicting the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus (230-200 BCE) Alexandria Eschate was located around 300km north of Ai-KhanoumAlexandria on the Oxus in Bactria, and being in SogdianaSogdian territory had to sustain numerous conflicts with the local population.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Alexandria_Eschate (424 words)

	Detail Page
		(April 6) he founded Alexandria on the Nile delta and visited the desert oracle of Zeus Ammon at Siwa.
		He was buried at Alexandria, and his coffin was seen by the Roman emperor Augustus three centuries later.
		Alexander extended the Greek language and customs across the eastern world, and the center of the Greek world in Hellenistic times shifted to Alexandria in Egypt.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=HLAG0057 (720 words)

	Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: International Relations :: Relations During Imperial China
		They kept expanding eastward, especially during the reign of Euthydemus I (230-200 BCE), who extended his control to Sogdiana, reaching and going beyond the city of Alexandria Eschate.
		There are indications that he may have led expeditions as far as Kashgar in Xinjiang, possibly leading to the first known contacts between China and the West around 200 BCE.
		These men were captured by the Chinese and were able to found the city Liqian (Li-chien), the Chinese transliteration of "Alexandria", in the Gansu region of western China.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/03pol/c05s01.html (2535 words)

	Alexandria Eschate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For other uses of "Alexandria", see Alexandria (disambiguation).
		See the notes on "Northern Wuyi" = Alexndria Eschate in the draft annotated translation of the 3rd century Chinese history, the Weilüe, by John Hill at: [1] and [2]
		This page was last modified 05:55, 7 December 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexandria_Eschate (399 words)

	The Greeks in Australia
		The ascendant dynasty claimed direct descent from the Greek ancestry and tradition, and became the advocate of the Greek heritage and language, spreading them to three continents.
		During the years of the Hellenisation of the eastern world thousands of Greeks were scattered from Macedonia to India and Afghanistan and from Thebes in Egypt to Alexandria Eschate in Russia, disseminating Greek culture and language.
		This led to the spread of Greek arts and thought to the rest of the known world; to the promotion of the sciences of medicine, politics, mathematics, architecture, philosophy and astronomy; and to the transfer of the centre of Hellas from Athens to Alexandria.
	assets.cambridge.org /052154/7431/excerpt/0521547431_excerpt.htm (3892 words)

	Great Game Travel - 4WD Jeep Tours
		On his way to Samarkand, Alexander's men passed through the Fann Mountains, and the legends and cult of Alexander still cling to this region today.
		Our route follows the trail of Alexander's armies, crossing the Fann mountains, stopping at Iskandarkul ("Lake Alexander"), Khujand (founded by Alexander as Alexandria Eschate, "Alexandria the Farthest"), and the ancient Sogdian city of Penjikent.
		The Sogdian language, which Alexander would have heard as he passed through this region, is still spoken in the mountain communities here.
	greatgametravel.co.uk /jeeptours (426 words)

	History 130 "The Ancient World"
		Web Work: Alexandria in Egypt was the first of several cities of that name, founded by Alexander, and became one of the most important centers of civilization for many centuries to come after one of Alexander's generals and successors chose to use it as the capital of Egypt.
		The library founded there was the greatest in the world, and scholars came from all over the ancient world to work there.
		You might also look at the Archimedes site; though he did not work at Alexandria, he was a great Hellenistic mathematician, and an inventor of a number of engineering marvels.
	employees.csbsju.edu /MCOOK/Courses/History/HIST_130/histsyl03.html (3740 words)

	Welcome to myfoodcount.com - Measure your Health - Famous Epileptic - Alexander the Great
		Leaving Egypt, Alexander marched eastward into Assyria (now northern Iraq) and defeated Darius and a third Persian army at the Battle of Gaugamela.
		In the process, he captured and refounded Herat and Maracanda.
		Moreover, he founded a series of new cities, all called Alexandria, including modern Kandahar in Afghanistan, and Alexandria Eschate ("The Furthest") in modern Tajikistan.
	www.myfoodcount.com /healthylife/famous/epilepsy/alexanderthegreat.html (3129 words)

	Alexandria Eschate
		suffers from the same fate as Alexandria By Egypt.
		the same is true of Alexandria Eschate, but to a much lesser extent.
		The author of the article about Alexander in Central Asia asks for more world cooperation in the archaeological digs there.
	www.ancientsites.com /aw/Post/431218 (236 words)

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