Monday 24 November 2008

The Siege ofthe Sogdian Rock

In the year of 327 B.C. Alexander the great was working on conquering the Achaemenid empire. The defenders had fortifications, and they had really high walls. Then, when Alexander the great was asking those defenders to surrender, they refused and they said that Alexander the great would need men that have wings to be able to get over this walls, and high fortifications. However, Alexander the great accepted the challenge, and said that who ever decideds to go and join the military that would go and get over those fortifications. After all, 300 men that were already in the previous sieges, and they had already become good at climbing rocks. However there were 30 soldiers that died while they were climbing over the defenses. However, after all when the defenders of the Achaemenid empire saw the soldiers coming over the defenses, they were impressed and the gave up to Alexander the Great. This battle was important because Alexander the Great got to control the Achaemenid empire, and get more land under his control.

The image to the left shows the soldiers that agreed to climb the defenses, and as you can see, the soldiers of the Achaemenid empire giving up, and holding their hands up when the climbers reached them.

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