From Babylon to Baghdad
Teaching Alexander after 9/11
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9671982 |
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| Authors | James Romm (corresponding author), James S Romm |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 431-435 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8418 • E-ISSN: 1558-9234 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/clw.2007.0072 |
| OpenAlex | W2033500998 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In light of America's post-9/11 involvement in the Middle East, teachers of ancient history can give new relevance to the Alexander era, another period in which a Western superpower projected military force into Mesopotamia and Central Asia. While the parallels between the two ventures are far from exact, the questions raised in connection with Alexander's campaigns, both by the ancient historians who recorded it and by modern scholars, will inevitably bring to students' minds similar questions about the U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Such resonances, if acknowledged and explored in the classroom, can enliven and energize the study of ancient history, as well as better prepare young citizens for the choices they face
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Central asia · China · Face (sociological concept) · Mesopotamia · Middle East · Parallels · Period (music) · Political science · Relevance (law) · Social science · Sociology · Superpower · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · Engineering · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Highly cited | No |
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