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05 Oct 2016

Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II

*By Cam Rea*

*History & Tradition*

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According to the popular Greek historian Herodotus, Cyrus went on his last campaign to subdue the Massagetae, a tribe located in the southernmost portion of the steppe regions of modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan around 530 BCE, where he would...
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Another of Alexander’s important battles - The battle of Issos between Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia. — 19 Mar 2016

Alexander and the Scythians: The Great Hammer and Anvil of the Battle of Jaxartes, 329 BC

*By admin*

*History & Tradition*

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In what is said to be Alexander the Great’s most spectacular battle, the Macedonian master and his army tested their most daring tactics against the fierce Central-Asian mounted Scythian nomads on the banks of the Jaxartes River. Before charging...
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Jaxartes

Cyrus the Great’s Last Campaign: Who Killed Cyrus? - Part II

Alexander and the Scythians: The Great Hammer and Anvil of the Battle of Jaxartes, 329 BC