The Battle of Guagamela

While Alexander the Great was working on occupying the Mediterranean coast and Egypt. After that Alexander went from Syria, and into Persian Empire. While Darius (the Persian ruler at that period of time) was building a strong army. He decided to send an army of 100,000 soldiers to try to defeat Alexander the Great. Darius also chose to have the battle on a plain, so that Alexander the Great would not have any advantages over Darius. This battle was fought over the Persian Empire, and was called Gaugamela after the village where the battle took place, back in the year 331 B.C. This battle was important because Alexander the Great used a really strategic tactic to win this battle, he decided to attack the weak part of the line made of the Persian soldiers, that led the Persian soldiers to be seperated into three broken sections, and that significantley weakened the Persian army.

The image to the left shows an example of what the Guagamela battle might have been like. As you can see, the image shows the battle being on a plain, and that is where the real battle took place.