He went back to Babylon to prepare for his planned takeover of southwestern Europe when he either died of illness or was assassinated by poison.
Alexander the Great .
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He defeated the Persians at the battle of issus.
Alexander the Great defeated Darius, king of Persia in 331 BCE. This was at the battle Gaugamela, he did march through Bactria in 329 BCE, but he had already defeated the Persians.
Granicus, then Isus, then Gaugamela.
Granicus
Notably , it was Alexander the great , the king of Macedon who defeated the Persian king Darius the 3rd .
Alexander the Great defeated Persia and absorbed the minor territory of Judea in the process.
Alexander the great began his conquest in Macedonia and he defeated the Persians
Alexander the Great decisively defeated the Persians led by Darius the Third at Gaugamela (located in Iraq) October 1, 331 BC .
I'm almost positive that he defeated the Persians at the Battle of Gaugamela.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire, and one of the minor territories he took over in the process was Judah.