In the Tracks of
the Ten Thousand

A journey on foot through Turkey,
Syria, and Iraq

Using the celebrated text, The Anabasis, Shane Brennan sets out to retrace the steps of the army led by Cyrus the Younger and to discover what remains of the world described by Xenophon 2,500 years ago.

Brennan’s journey takes him across Turkey, Syria, and Iraq as he presses on towards Babylon, the intended destination of Cyrus.

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