NEARCHUS

NEARCHUS ///////////////////////////////WIKIPEDIA//////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Greek Admiral of Alexander the Great ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// """"Nearchus was reputedly the first Greek commander to visit Bahrain, which was called Tylos by the Greeks. His visit marked the start of Bahrain's inclusion within the Hellenic world, which culminated in the worship of Zeus (as the Arab sun god, Shams) and Greek being spoken as the language of the upper classes."""" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearchus //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Nearchus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org Nearchus (Greek: Νέαρχος, Nearchos; c. 360 - 300 BC) was one of the officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. His celebrated voyage from what is now Pakistan to Susa after Alexander's expedition in north-western Indian subcontinent is preserved in Arrian's account, the Indica. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// http://www.livius.org/greece.html /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////