The treasures of Alexander the Great : how one man's wealth shaped the world / Frank L. Holt.
War, the most profitable economic activity in the ancient world, transferred wealth violently through the sacking of cities and the selling of survivors into slavery. One of the most notable examples occurred in the late fourth century BC, when Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquered the Persian...
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2016.
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