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He defeats the Persians, whose leader is Xerxes, and burns down the Persian's palace

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Alexander the great was the king of Ancient Greece in the Argead Dynasty. The city that he sacked and burned was Persepolis, Persia.

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The city of Persepolis

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persepolis

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Thebes .

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Persepolis.

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