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Alexander the Great's eastern campaigns and geographic reconnaissance (334–323 BCE)

Alexander the Great's eastern campaigns and geographic reconnaissance (334–323 BCE)

  1. Alexander crosses into Asia to begin campaign

    Labels: Alexander the, Macedonian army, Asia crossing

  2. Victory at Granicus opens Anatolia routes

    Labels: Battle of, Anatolia, Persian satraps

  3. Battle of Issus forces Persian retreat

    Labels: Battle of, Darius III, Southern Anatolia

  4. Siege of Tyre secures key coastal harbor

    Labels: Siege of, Tyre harbor, Phoenician coast

  5. Battle of Gaugamela breaks Persian field army

    Labels: Battle of, Babylon, Darius III

  6. Marches into Central Asia after Persian collapse

    Labels: Central Asia, Eastern satrapies, Macedonian forces

  7. Army enters the Indian subcontinent

    Labels: Hindu Kush, Indian subcontinent, Alexander the

  8. Battle of the Hydaspes marks farthest major victory

    Labels: Battle of, King Porus, Jhelum River

  9. Hyphasis mutiny forces return from India

    Labels: Hyphasis mutiny, Beas River, Macedonian troops

  10. Nearchus leads Indus-to-Persian Gulf sea voyage

    Labels: Nearchus voyage, Indus River, Persian Gulf

  11. Return west includes severe Gedrosian crossing

    Labels: Gedrosian crossing, Makran, return march

  12. Campaign survey data enters later geographic science

    Labels: Bematists, Hellenistic geography, Eratosthenes

  13. Alexander dies in Babylon, ending unified command

    Labels: Death in, Alexander the, Babylon

  14. Partition of Babylon divides empire among generals

    Labels: Partition of, Diadochi, satrapies