In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

In 335BC, Alexander of Macedonia set off on an expedition to conquer the world. The voyage of Alexander the Great covered more than 22,000 miles in ten years, from Greece to India and back, through some of the most difficult and unforgiving terrain. Michael Wood travels through 16 countries, crossing post-Gulf War Iraq and entering Afghanistan during the rise of the Taliban before crossing the Great Sea of Sand, the Great Salt Desert and the Desert of Death and also climbing one of the highest mountain passes in the world to truly follow in the Footsteps of Alexander the Great.