The Busy Man's Hand-Book

Historical, geographical, scriptural, scientific, legal, social, mercantile and medical information, condensed into one volume for someone with no time to look further.

CHAPTER V

3 pages in this part of The Busy Man's Hand-Book.

CHAPTER V

From the Erection of the Persian Empire, to the Division of the Grecian Empire after the Death of Alexander.

CHAPTER V: Alexander

No man who ever lived, perhaps, possessed the necessary qualities for the execution of his mighty project in a more eminent degree than the…

CHAPTER V: Antigonus

On the death of Alexander the Great, four new empires immediately, as it were, sprung up. He had left behind him a large and victorious…

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