Timeline
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c. 380 BCE - 330 BCELife of Darius III of Persia.
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May 334 BCEAlexander the Great invades the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
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5 Nov 333 BCEBattle of Issus. Alexander the Great is victorious against Darius III of Persia.
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1 Oct 331 BCEBattle of Gaugamela. Alexander the Great calls himself "King of Asia."
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330 BCEDeath of Darius III and end of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
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May 330 BCEPersepolis is burned and looted by Alexander the Great.
