Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE · Event
Alexander's decisive victory over Darius III in Mesopotamia; effectively ends the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
On these timelines: Alexander the Great's Conquests, Persia and Iran, Master, Ancient Greece, Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East
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