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Excerpt from The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Vol. 5 of 8 Sect. 1. Alexander's birth. Aristotle appointed his preceptor. He breaks Bucephalus Sect. Ll. Alexander ascends the throne. Declared general issiino of the Greeks against the Persians Sect. Ill. Alexander sets out against the Persians. Obtains siamona victoiy at the river Granicus Sect. IV. Alexander conquers the greatest part of Asia Mi nor. Description ot Darius's match Sect, V Alexander gains a famous Victory ow er Darius at 13 Sui. Consequences of that Victory Seet VI. Alexander marches victorious into Syiia. Lays liege-to Tyte, which he takes by stmm Sect. V1]. Alexander's Jou'iie} to Jerusalem. He subdues Eg} pt. Is declared son of J ii. Iter Sect. Vill A'exandei' resoli es to go in puisuit of Daiiiis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.