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grbs-8181	Burstein, Stanley M.	Alexander, Callisthenes and the Sources of the Nile	1976	12	.pdf	application/pdf	5602	297	65	Furthermore, the state of affairs in Nubia had been of critical importance since the beginning of Egyptian history.5o As the new ruler of Egypt Alexander could not avoid that reality, especially in view of the instability of the southern frontier during the last decade of Persian rule in Egypt. According to John, Callisthenes the Peripatetic states in the fourth book of his Hellenica that he cam­ paigned with Alexander the Macedonian and while in Ethiopia he dis­ covered that the Nile flooded from the unlimited rains in that re­ gion.ll	cache/grbs-8181.pdf	txt/grbs-8181.txt