BBC - In the footsteps of Alexander (Persian Gates) 12

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In the footsteps of Alexander the Great
In this award winning adventure Micheal Wood embarks on a 2000 mile journey in the foot steps of Alexander's triumphal march from Greece to India. Travelling with Lebanese traders, Iranian pilgrims and Afghan guerillas, by jeep, train, boat, camel and on foot, he interweaves the momentous events of the past with present day reality and brings us new insights into a man whose myth and acheivements still resonate down the centuries
"We saw things I can scarcely believe. We took shelter for the night with an Afghan warlord who had delivered pizzas in the United States, and were hauled off to jail more than once. It was one of the great experiences of my life" - Michael Wood
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Funny, the middles ... ( 1 year ago by darkarcra)

Funny, the middles east has changed very little in the last 2000 years. Maybe it's because your empires sucked. Blame it on the spread of islam, I guess...
=P

By 'sucked' I mean ... ( 1 year ago by darkarcra)

By 'sucked' I mean completely backwards.

Barbarians? ... ( 1 year ago by 99999999988888888)

Barbarians? Persians? I laugh at your lies.

Hellenism didn't ... ( 1 year ago by Rhinehart666)

Hellenism didn't disappear all together, but the remnants were largely unimportant, mostly Persianized versions of Greek names and other superficial things like that. But the Hellenistic kings were definately more influenced by Persia than the other way around.

yes my friend, both ... ( 1 year ago by pessarshirazi)

yes my friend, both of them were defeated by iranic parthians and iranic scythians. Alexanders attack was a short period occupation, it couldnt hold power.

I am interested in ... ( 1 year ago by aalexander928)

I am interested in the treasures that the Greeks acquired in Persepolis and not in arguments of racialism or who is backwards. When the Romans absorbed Greece, Macedonia in particular, the gold treasures that were brought to Rome literally took a procession over a day to display the gold, etc. Whose was before it was Greek? Part of it had to be Babylonian as well as Persian. And, yes, the argument could go: who had the gold before the Persians? Greeks? Egyptians?

yeah he really ... ( 1 year ago by oberstinky)

yeah he really broke our dignity but his conquest was not as fatal as the arabs 900 years later....

Alexander marched ... ( 10 months ago by igy667)

Alexander marched to india, and the road back died. Becose his empire was split betwen his generals it collapse.

He kicked some ... ( 10 months ago by igy667)

He kicked some serious persian fuckin arses. Just like the romans did 300 years later!!!!

alexander got oned ... ( 8 months ago by immortal4942)

alexander got oned in the gates

Romans did kick ... ( 8 months ago by 99999999988888888)

Romans did kick Parthian or Sassanid ass. If anything, they kicked Roman ass.

Well, roman emperor ... ( 8 months ago by sebas71)

Well, roman emperor Traian occupied Parthia capital, Ctesiphon, at the begining of II Century and reached the Persian Gulf. Ctesiphon was occupied later on by Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Galerius and Heraclius. So the romans kicked persian's ass most often than the other way around.

The Hellenic ... ( 8 months ago by sebas71)

The Hellenic influence persisted a long time, but vanished as the centuries passed. The parthians had a strong greek influence, the sassanid dinasty, not so much. The capital of parthian and sassanid empires was Ctesiphon, in the bank of the Tigris, next to Seleucia. Seleucia was an altogether hellenistic city.

At first, the ... ( 8 months ago by 99999999988888888)

At first, the Parthians were kicking ass. The Battle of Carrhae humiliated the Romans and Parthia raided Syria. The Romans later on did get the upper hand on the Parthians. But the Sassanids brought in a whole new wave of military expantionism. The Sassanids conquered so much Roman land to the point where the Romans were very pessimistic and unwilling to fight. The Romans even copied the Sassanid cataphracts.
Remember, neither the Parthians or Sassanids were Persian.

the parthians may ... ( 8 months ago by sebas71)

the parthians may not have been persians (were closely related culturally an ethnically anyway), but the sassanids were not other thing but persians. Sassanid was the name of a dinasty not a people or race.Besides,the sassanid dinasty originated in Persis the native homeland of persian people.
Last war between the roman empire and persia, between Heraclius and Khosroes, ended with a overwhelming roman victory. The sassanids never recovered and Persia fell to the muslims shortly thereafter.

Well, yeah, the ... ( 8 months ago by 99999999988888888)

Well, yeah, the Parthians were of the same kin as the Persians (Aryans). You're right, the Sassanid Empire was most likely created by Persians.
The last war definately did not change the overall victory of the Sassanids over the Romans. Sassania was only conquered because they were fighting with several advesaries including the Huns, Omanis and Romans from all fronts for around 600 years. The Arabs did conquer alot of Roman land as well. Rome and Sassania were fighting together against Arabs

So did the persians ... ( 7 months ago by Thessalonik1)

So did the persians, end of the story has the Greeks winners in the Persian invasion of Greece, and Alexander's Greek conquest sometime later.
Respect though to the Persian stood there !

Alexander the Great ... ( 6 months ago by ixwr13)

Alexander the Great was the only undfeated general throughtout the history of the world!he became immortal before his journey to the China so he can defeat the demon hordes!he was son of Zeus thats why he had a divine mission,to seal the gates from which the demons(nephilim)came out in the earth and he did it!that was his aim while living.during his mission he claimed back the greek cities which the persians with the help of the nephilim have conquered hundred of years before.all is greek!:>

this fucking idiot ... ( 6 months ago by mrSExyGR)

this fucking idiot who said that he wan to kill Alexander the great... What about wen persians was killin Greeks ... he dont thing this!!! i am talking wen it was 300 spartians and all that!!!

Excellent ... ( 2 months ago by Mayaa20)

Excellent documentary and reference.
Thanks for your video sharing with us and your effort, 5 Stars.

Nice documentary! ... ( 1 month ago by jordanpower111)

Nice documentary! Nice cities! Nice countries! Nice people! It's obvious that Alexander didn't get bored on his way and oftenly treated kindly by the people he found on his way like Michael Wood nowadays! People talking bullshit on youtube about that region and its people should walk the same route as Alexander!!!

Parthian did the ... ( 1 month ago by Xshathrapava)

Parthian did the same as Sassanids did: They humiliated ROMAN like a little cat. Poor Valerian and alike!

the guy who said i ... ( 1 month ago by obscure741)

the guy who said i would cut alexander to pieces would have probably shit in his pants when alexanders men marched

Zoarostian symbol 3 ... ( 3 days ago by fuknjojak)

Zoarostian symbol 3:06

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