Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt in 332 BC. After defeating the Persian emperor Darius for control of Syria, Alexander marched to Egypt.
Alexander the Great - After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedo′nian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated Darius, king of the Persians and
Darius III, the last king of the Achaemenid Empire, was defeated at the Battle of Issus, in southern Anatolia, by Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 333 BC. Darius fled the scene of his defeat, but his mother Sisigambis, his wife Stateira I and daughters, Stateira II and Drypetis, ...
Darius once again managed to escape capture, and Alexander even though he defeated the rest of the Persian army, was not pleased. Finally, Alexander entered the city of Babylon as a savior not as a conqueror, greeted with music, love, and gifts from the residents. Evidently, the Macedonians...
Autumnof333BC,AlexanderdefeatedDariusIIIatissusasfamousforits"Macedonianphalanx"Battle Inthespringof331BC,AlexanderrateInfantry(步兵)40,000，Cavalry(骑兵)7,000marchtoMesopotamia（美索不达米亚）,andPersialastdecisivebattleofalarge-scalecarriedoutinNineveh（尼尼微）nearGaugamela（高加米拉）.CoinofAlexander the...
Most Important Achievements of Alexander the Great After Alexander the Great conquered Gaza and defeated the Persian Emperor Darius for the control of Syria and Levant, he moved to Egypt that was part of the Persian Empire after the battle of Pelusium. He moved his forces towards Pelusium (Th...
NeujahrYale University.MatthewYale University.Journal of Near Eastern StudiesNeujahr, Matthew. "When Darius Defeated Alexander: Composition and Redaction in the Dynastic Prophecy." JNES 64 (2005): 101-7.
The Persian plan to tempt Alexander across the river and kill him in the melee almost succeeded; but the Persian line broke, and Alexander’s victory was complete. Darius’s Greek mercenaries were largely massacred, but 2,000 survivors were sent back to Macedonia in chains. This victory ...
In the spring of 334B.C.,Alexander led the army made up of nearly 50,000soldiers into Asia,which is called"the most powerful military expedition(远征) ever to leave Greece".He soundly defeated the Persian army at the Granicus River,sending a strong message to DariusⅢ,leader of the ...
” which portrayed Alexander as Sikander, a Persian, and half-brother to Dara, or Darius. In this, Alexander preserves Persia’s Zoroastrian religion. Briant says the book went “everywhere in the Middle and Far East” — even to Indonesia....