Alexander of Macedon carried out a sustained series of conquests and military campaigns from 336 to 323 BC, opening with the conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Darius III and continuing east into Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The decisive victories at Issus and Gaugamela broke Achaemenid power; the campaign extended Macedonian rule from Greece to the Indus Valley before ending with Alexander's death in 323 BC. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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CombatantsMacedon and the Hellenic League against the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Darius III, with further campaigns against Balkan tribes, Central Asian kingdoms and Indian rulers. 1 OutcomeMacedonian victory. The Achaemenid Persian Empire was conquered and Macedonian rule extended to the Indus Valley. 1 Classification
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Kopis, Weapons Systems The single edged kopis saw use among Macedonian and allied cavalry during the Wars of Alexander the Great
Sarissa, Weapons Systems The sarissa phalanx pike was the Macedonian army's signature infantry weapon throughout Alexander's campaigns.
Source Wikipedia: Macedonian phalanx
Forces under Alexander used massive rolling siege towers at the siege of Tyre during the Wars of Alexander the Great
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Source Wikipedia: Companion cavalry
Source Wikipedia: Ancient Macedonian army
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Source Wikipedia: Wars of Alexander the Great
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Source Wikipedia: Sarissa
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1. Wikipedia: Wars of Alexander the Great
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They began with his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, which was ruled by Darius III.
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Alexander the Great of Macedon carried out a series of conquests and military campaigns from 336 to 323 BC.
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Macedonian victory
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They began with his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, which was ruled by Darius III.
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More than 1 million
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Alexander the Great of Macedon carried out a series of conquests and military campaigns from 336 to 323 BC.
View the Source Wikipedia: Battle of Gaugamela
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is considered to be the final blow to the Achaemenid Empire
Wikipedia: Battle of Issus
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between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid (or Persian) Empire, led by Darius III
Wikipedia: Ancient Macedonian army
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The Macedonian army was the army of Macedon under the leadership of Philip II and Alexander the Great.
Wikipedia: Companion cavalry
Wikipedia: Sarissa
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After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the sarissa was a mainstay during the Hellenistic era (4th-1st centuries BCE) by the Hellenistic armies of the diadochi successor states of Alexander's empire, as well as some of their rivals.
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They are historically a development of the caltrop, with anti-cavalry and anti-personnel versions being used as early as 331 BC by Darius III against Alexander the Great at the Battle of Gaugamela in Persia.
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