Alexander the Great in the Quran River in the Punjab in 326 BC, his army nearly mutinied and refused to march further east, exhausted by years of campaigning. Alexander's desire to reach "the ends of the Earth" was instilled by his tutor Aristotle: Alexander derived his concept of `Asia' from the teaching of Aristotle, for whom `the inhabited earth' was surrounded by `the Great sea' Ocean, and was divided into three areas – `Europe, Libya and Asia.' Thus the earth was not round but flat, and `Asia' was limited on the west by the Tanais (Don), the inland sea and the Nile, and on the east
Alexander Hay (songwriter) Alexander Hay (songwriter) Alexander Hay was born in Newcastle on 11 December 1826. After serving out his apprenticeship to a cabinet-maker, his restless nature came to the fore and he began a long period of roving. He first went to sea as a ship’s carpenter, followed by a spell in Liverpool as a tutor in a school, being connected with the press whilst in Liverpool, and later he turned up in London being involved in the construction of the Great Exhibition of 1862, and again, working as a journalist. He returned to Newcastle and became active in the community. He