1981/11/01 by A. B. Bosworth · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Byzantine Studies and History #Ancient Near East History #Frontier #Ancient history #History #Geography #Hinduism #Population #Archaeology #Demography #Theology #Sociology
paper · doi:10.2307/629841
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In the spring of 328 Alexander the Great was at a critical point in his career. During the previous summer he had pressed too far too quickly and underestimated the resistance of the local population to his authority. Consequently, when he was engaged with nomad hordes on the banks of the Iaxartes (Syr-Darya), the whole of the populous satrapy of Bactria–Sogdiana rose in rebellion, from the fringes of the Hindu Kush in the south to the frontier cities by the Iaxartes. His morale was moreover weakened by a compound fracture of the fibula , sustained near Maracanda and exacerbated by a severe bout of dysentery at the Iaxartes.