Notes on Alexander- 2/17/10

• Carpal has been a battleground for over 2000 years
• The whole museum was looted
• Bessus murdered Darius
• His troops crossed Afghanistan entirely on foot
• Alexander went up the Khawak Pass
• Lack of food and provisions
• Alexander always used local guides
• If they did well, they were rewarded, if they betrayed him, they were killed
• The people Alexander passed had never seen foreigners before
• Ran out of grain, ate the pack animals raw
• Troops suffered chronic fatigue from altitude sickness