jan 1, 333 BC - Battle of Issus

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- alexanders troop was significantly outnumbered

- pulled up to a restricted space so the persian numbers wouldn’t be helpful

- persians had managed to hire greek warriors

- woohoo! victory!

- darius left a bunch of booty

- captured darius’ wife and daughter, in return, he offered an alliance / a bit of persia

- pulled up to Tyre - offered more land (everything west of gordium), and alliance by marriage
alex said nah

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