Achaemenid Persian Empire and Alexander the Great Research

Achaemenid Persian Empire and Alexander the Great • Research papers (essays): • For 3 ECTS points: without essay this class is 3 ECTS points worth • ca. five pages-long (ca 1500 words) • including footnotes and bibliography • first draft to be handed over by 21. 12. 2012 (via e -mail): krzysztof. nawotka@gmail. com • to be handed over by the last classroom meeting

Research papers 1 • Your independent research based on sources in translation and on secondary literature • Structure: - Introduction: statement of research question to be handled in the paper - Main body of paper - conclusions

Research papers 2 • Paper is to be analytical, not narrative • Internet: - Useful links: www. perseus. tufts. edu (for collection of ancient authors), http: //www. bu. uni. wroc. pl/en (Library Univ. of Wroclaw for e-journals) • Topics: either from the list or cleared with me • No copying allowed • Always mark your source in footnotes

First draft • Contents: - You state your what sources and secondary literature you are going to use - Outline of contets of your paper - Ca. 2 page long • To be e-mailed to me (krzysztof. nawotka@gmail. com) by 21 December 2012

Suggested essay topics Persian Empire on the brink of war with Alexander the Great Orientalizing policy of Alexander the Great and the Greeks Alexander the Great and tradition of Philip II Court of Alexander the Great Cavalry of Alexander the Great Siege warfare of Alexander the Great

Suggested essay topics Infantry of Alexander the Great Oriental troops in Alexander’s army Athens in the age of Alexander the Great Religiosity of Alexander the Great and Iranian elite Career tracks under Alexander the Great (selected examples) Alexander the Great and alcohol

Suggested reading • C. W. Blackwell, In the Absence of Alexander, 1999. • E. N. Borza, In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon, Princeton UP 1990. • A. B. Bosworth, “Alexander and the Iranians, ” Journal of Hellenic Studies 100 (1980): 1 -21. • A. B. Bosworth, Conquest and Empire: The Reign of Alexander the Great, Cambridge UP 1988. • A. B. Bosworth, E. J. Baynham (eds. ), Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction, Oxford UP 2000. • A. Cohen, The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat, Cambridge UP 1997.

Suggested reading • R. M. Errington, A History of Macedonia, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1990. • R. N. Frye, The History of Ancient Iran, Munich 1984. • I. Gershevitch (ed. ), Cambridge History of Iran, ii, Cambridge 1985. • N. G. L. Hammond, Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman 3, London 1996. • W. Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great, Blackwell 2006.

Suggested reading • S. Hornblower, “Persia, ” [in: ] Cambridge Ancient History, vi 2, Cambridge 1994: 45 -96. • R. Lane Fox, Alexander the Great, London 1973. • K. Nawotka, Alexander the Great, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010. • K. Nawotka, “Freedom of Greek Cities in Asia Minor in the Age of Alexander the Great, ” Klio 85 (2003): 15 -41. • K. Nawotka, “Alexander the Great in Persepolis, ” Acta Antiqua Aacademiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2003): 67 -76.

Suggested reading • K. Nawotka, “Alexander the Great and Kingdom of Asia, ” Eos 91 (2004): 34 -43. • J. M. O’Brien, Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy, London 1992. • J. Wiesehöfer, Ancient Persia from 550 B. C. to 650 A. D. , London and New York 1996. • I. Worthington, Philip II of Macedonia, New Haven and London 2008.