In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998)

Original title

In The Footsteps of Alexander the Great

Genre

documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Historian Michael Wood travels through the lands Alexander the Great conquered. He follows the route from Macedonia to India and back, showing the places and cultures Alexander encountered.

educationalcontemplativeadventuroushistorictraveloguesoberinformative

What happens

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great is a BBC documentary television series, first shown in 1998. Written and presented by historian and broadcaster Michael Wood, it retraced the travels of Alexander the Great, from Macedonia to the borders of India and back to Mesopotamia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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