The battle of the Granicus

On the year of 334 B.C. Alexander the Great decided to go and fight the Persian empire. He reached the city of Dascylium by crossing the city of Sestos, then to Hellespont, and finally to Abydos. When he reached there, the Prsians all had already ecidd to go and fight him, and his army at the town called Zelea, and that was at the bank of the Dascylium river. Then one of the people that were fighting named Memnon suggested that they burn all the crops and grass that is infront of Alexander the Great, so that he would not be able to go ahead any further. However, the commanders in the battle did not think that that was a good idea, and they did not agree to do it. There are two reasons for why that battle was important. The first one is that Alexander the Great was hit with an axe by one of the Persian nobles, however Alexander did not die because the noble man was hit, and killed himself. So then Alexander the Great was able to recover and get better. The second reason for why that battle was important is that Alexander the Great had won this battle, and was able to control that piece of land in the Asia Minor.

The painting to the left is an example of what the battle of the Granicus might have looked like, as you can see, some people are falling into water, and that water is the Granicus river. That shows that this painting stands on some real facts of the battle.