... . After this victory, Alexander was named King of Asia and sent letters to the Greek cities declaring he had cleansed Asia of tyranny. Soon afterwards, Alexander forced the surrenders of Babylon and Susa, and obtained great riches from them. He then marched to the Persian capital of Persepolis and burned the royal palace to the ground. Despite all these victories, there ... loss of his friend and took his anger out on a group of thieves called the Cossaeans. A year later, Alexander traveled with his men to Babylon despite a fear that he had fallen out of favor with the gods. In Babylon, ...

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... B.C., and Gaugamela in 331 B.C., both times Darius fled from the battle field. With these two victories Alexander broke the main Persian resistance and in the autumn of 331 B.C. he entered Babylon, the winter capital of the Persian kings. Alexander had already considered himself king of Persia, but his right to the throne was in question as long as Darius was still ... . Alexander waited three days for them to change their minds. When he was convinced that they would not, he agreed to start home. In the spring of 323 B.C. he reached Babylon, and began at once to regroup his army and plan...

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Alexander The Great On a hot day in June of 323 BC, Alexander died in Babylon. Wailing spread through the city, his body squires wandered about in tears, the Persians shaved their heads in mourning, and the temples quenched their fires. Filtered and refracted by layers ... city was to be called Alexandria, the first and most prominent of the many cities to bear that name. (O"Brien p.87) Once again Alexander was on the move. His destination, Babylon. On the way, he encountered the Persian army which would be called the battle of Arbela, or Gaugamela. (Wood p.90) This would be the last time th...

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