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October 1 331 BC there was one of the most important battles in world history. The Battle of Gaugamela (Arbela also) was the culmination of a military campaign of Alexander. After Darius III at the first full-time meeting with Alexander the Great, lost the battle of Issus (333 BC), in order to avoid further war, he suggested Alexander all the land west of the Euphrates, great ransom for captured at the Battle of Alexander at Issus harem and the hand of his daughter. However, Alexander rejected the proposal. His goal was to conquer the Achaemenid Empire.
After the defeat of Darius at Issus at the Persian king was almost two years on the formation of the new army. In order to achieve numerical superiority, he ordered his troops to encourage each and every man in the empire, capable of bearing arms. Due to its numerical superiority, the benefits of the selected area, the presence of serponosnye chariots, elephants and a huge army's military Darius was more than confident of victory, but expectations were not met.
Darius was under the guise of a detachment of his bodyguards. Alexander approaching Darius on quite a dangerous distance. Afraid of being killed, Darius fled, although the battle was not yet lost the Persians, despite the fact that the resistance of the bodyguard of the king proved futile. Flight Darius many warriors perceived as a signal to retreat, and shortly thereafter collapsed and the entire Persian front. It should be noted that Alexander has not caught up with Darius. After his victory, Alexander with great pride proclaimed himself "King of Asia".
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