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Alexander the great gained control of Greece and so the manpower and logistic backing to establish and maintain a strong enough army to match the Persian army.
He capturing the Mediterranean ports from which the Persian navy operated and so eliminated its navy and the threat it posed to his base of Macedonia and mainland Greece.
He defeated its armies in three major land battles -
- Granicus, after which he had the Greek mercenaries employed by Persia slaughtered so that no more would join them and provide the armoured infantry the Persians needed to stand up to his own forces.
- Issus after which he captured the Persian treasury which gave him the funds to pay and feed his own army and hire mercenaries.
- Gaugamela, where he defeated the final stand of the Persians with his expanded force.
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