Battle of Gaugamela and Fall of the Persian Empire
331 BCE
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III in Northern Mesopotamia, capturing Babylon and opening the Hellenistic era.
Sources and References
Chronique astronomique babylonienne de Gaugamèles (British Museum, BM 41080)
Consulter l'archive officielle ↗Arrien, Anabase d'Alexandre (Livre III)
Semantic cluster
Mesopotamia clusterSumer, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria: writing, law codes, Fertile Crescent empires.
Cluster internal links
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Construction of the Parthenon and Golden Age of Pericles
447 BCE
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Parthian Conquest of Mesopotamia and Decline of Babylon
141 BCE
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Capture of Babylon by Cyrus the Great and Cyrus Cylinder
539 BCE
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Erection of Ishtar Gate and Etemenanki Ziggurat
575 BCE
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Destruction of Solomon's Temple and Babylonian Exile
586 BCE
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Victory at Carchemish and Peak of Nebuchadnezzar II
605 BCE
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Alexander the Great's Conquest and Founding of Alexandria
332 BCE
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Scientific Peak: Great Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria
283 BCE
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Universal Standardization of Script, Currency, Weights, and Measures
220 BCE