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• Thunder and lightning showed that he gods were with Alexander
• Legend says that Alexander had horns, so he was the devil
• Darius- king of Persia
• Brought and army twice as big as Alexander's
• He circled around the back, so there was no retreat
• They met in Issus
• The Persians are weak at one point, so Alexander attacks there
• He encourages troops and charges, and when the archers realized that the arrows were ineffective, they ran away
• It took Alexander 7 months to build the causeway
• People were trapped there
• The people crowded into Hercules' temple
• Women and children that resisted were sold into slavery
• The men were all let go/crucified, depending on the story
• Gaza was destroyed by Alexander because the people resisted
• Alexander was mentioned as the most powerful man in the Quran
• Went to Egypt, they loved him because he hated Persia
• Alexandria was the most cultured city in the world, it rivaled Athens
• Had the greatest library in the world
• Founded almost 30 "Alexandrias"
• There are canals to bring the city's water supply in from the Nile
• The catacombs are a combination of Egyptians and others
• Was still seeking advice from the gods from and Oracle
• Zeus was on the Sacred Hill
• He went to the Oracle to see if his father was Philip or Zeus
• The priests greeted him as the Son of God
• Alexander was the King of Upper and Lower Egypt
• Famous places stay important through history
• An eclipse stopped the army right before the battle
• Alexander waited until he was completely surrounded, and then went through a gap in the soldiers
• The Babylonians gave up without a fight
• Greeks had been working in and travelling through Persia, so there was a lot of information
• Alexander is seen as the ultimate villain
• Took a shortcut through th mountains to surprise the Persians
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