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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8163918, member: 118780&quot;]The issue with 333 is that it was just one defeat of the Achaemenid Empire. Darius III was by no means vanquished and posed a very serious threat to Alexander at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BCE. Also, not all cities in the West capitulated to Alexander after Issus. Tyre, which required a nine-month siege in 332, and Gaza, where Alexander was injured, were also serious challenges.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare this to 323 BCE, where the area from Greece to Egypt to India were thrown into sudden turmoil because there was no clear successor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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