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 ===== First Major Battle Against The Persians =====
-When Alexander crossed into Asia Minor in 334 BC, he was met by a Persian army waiting on the other side of the Granicus river. In the ensuing attack, Alexander was nearly kiled.
+When Alexander crossed into Asia Minor in 334 BC, he was met by a Persian army waiting on the other side of the Granicus river. In the ensuing attack, Alexander was nearly kiled. [([[https://www.historyhit.com/334-bc-battle-granicus/|History Hit]])]
-After tremendous bloodshed, Alexander's army triumphed and routed the Persian army. Despite their attempts to surrender, Alexander encircled and murdered the Greek mercenaries serving alongside the Persians.
+===== Granicus River =====
+After tremendous bloodshed, Alexander's army triumphed and routed the Persian army. Despite their attempts to surrender, Alexander encircled and murdered the Greek mercenaries serving alongside the Persians. [([[https://www.historyhit.com/334-bc-battle-granicus/|History Hit]])]
+===== Battle Of Issus =====
+In 333 BC, he decisively defeated the Persian King Darius III at Issus (modern-day Syria). Alexander's army was possibly half the size of Darius', but the narrow battleground insured that Darius' higher numbers were insignificant. [([[https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Issus/|World History]])]
+===== Darius's Wife And Mother Captured =====
+Darius retreated eastwards after a Macedonian triumph. Darius' abandoned baggage train, with the Persian King's sumptuous royal tent, mother, and wife, was promptly captured by Alexander. Alexander assured them that they would not be harmed. [([[https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Issus/|World History]])]
+===== Battle of Gaugamela =====
+After defeating Darius again in 331 BC, one of his satraps overthrew him and assassinated him (barons). Darius effectively ended the Achaemenid dynasty, and Alexander became king of both Persia and Macedon. [([[https://www.historyhit.com/the-battle-of-gaugamela/|History Hit]])]
+===== India In 327 BC =====
+Not content with conquering Persia, Alexander wished to conquer the entire known world, which was popularly believed to be bordered by the same ocean that surrounded India. In 327 BC, he crossed the Hindu Kush into ancient India.[([[https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/afghanistan/history-alexander.htm|Global Security]])]
+===== Battle Of The Hydaspes =====
+In 326 BC, Alexander's army fought against King Porus of the Pauravas. Alexander was victorious once more, but the war was costly. He attempted to lead his troops across the Hyphasis (Beas) river, but they refused and requested that he return. Alexander agreed. [([[https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes|Military]])]
+===== Alexander Never Lost A Battle =====
+Alexander was substantially outnumbered in many of his most critical and decisive triumphs. But his army was made up of well-trained veterans, and Alexander was a master of military strategy. He was also willing to take enormous risks, lead charges, and fight with his men. All of this tipped the scales in his favor. [([[https://www.quora.com/How-was-Alexander-the-Great-able-to-never-lose-a-battle-and-conquer-so-much|Quora]])]
+===== Greek And Persian Union =====
+Alexander organized a mass wedding at Susa in 324 BC, where he and his officers married noble Persian wives in an attempt to merge the Greek and Persian cultures and legitimize himself as King of Asia. Almost all of these marriages, however, ended in divorce. [([[https://www.sanjuan.edu/cms/lib8/CA01902727/Centricity/Domain/2950/ch%2030%20Alexander.pdf|sanjuan]])]
+===== Big Drinker =====
+Alexander has a reputation for being a heavy drinker. In one drunken outburst, he argued with his buddy and general Cleitus the Black, then killed him by thrusting a javelin into his breast. Some believe that his early death was caused by drunkenness. [([[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/was-alexander-a-great-alcoholic-1537664.html|Independent]])]
+===== He Died Aged Just 32 =====
+In ancient times, families may expect very high child mortality, but noble children who reached adulthood could easily live into their 50s, therefore Alexander's death was early. In 323 BC, he died in Babylon. [([[https://www.historyhit.com/how-did-alexander-the-great-die/|History Hit]])]

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