1. What year did Alexander destroy the palace at Persepolis?
Why was Persepolis a significant place to destroy?
Whose palace was it at Persepolis?
What was the name of the mistress, who according to the vulgate, convinced Alexander to burn the palace?
Who killed Darius?
What year was the battle at Gaugamela
What special weapons did Darius have for this battle?
How did the phalanx troops cleverly avoid the special weapons
What happened at the end of the battle at Gaugamela?
Why could Alexander not chase his enemy straight away?

2. What year did Alexander destroy the palace at Persepolis? 330
Why was Persepolis a significant place to destroy? Represented the strength of the persian empire
Whose palace was it at Persepolis? King Darius
What was the name of the mistress, who according to the vulgate, convinced Alexander to burn the palace? Thais
Who killed Darius? Persian Satraps –Nabarzanes and Barasaentes. Bessus put him under arrest.
What year was the battle at Gaugamela 331
What special weapons did Darius have for this battle? Scythe chariots and elephants
How did the phalanx troops cleverly avoid the special weapons split apart to create ‘corridors’ for them to pass through
What happened at the end of the battle at Gaugamela?Darius ran away
Why could Alexander not chase his enemy straight away? Parmenio needed help

3. The battle at Hydaspes / Jhelum
326 BC
Military matters/Battles

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5. Alexander was not fighting Darius anymore.
India was divided into a number of small states, each with its own ruler. Porus ruled the lands beyond the river Indus.
Alexander wanted to keep invading because:
He enjoyed the thrill
Under Darius, the Persian Empire extended up to the Indus river. Alexander wanted to reach that far too.

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7. River is swollen From monsoon Rains & melting
Winter snows. It was Too deep for horses To cross. Alexander needed a Plan to get across the river
Alexander’s first major problem was how to cross the river when faced with an enemy determined not to let him cross, and then if he did manage the crossing, how to confront the elephants. Alexander knew that his horses would never survive the crossing but would panic at the sight of the elephants and jump off the rafts. He would be left without his vital cavalry. The river had to be crossed, so, as it could not be done openly, Alexander determined to attain his object by cunning. (Arrian)

8. Alexander did a trick!He made many fake moves to cross the river
The Macedonians
Keep pretending to cross the river
Each time the Indians come out expecting to fight
Alexander did a trick!He made many fake moves to cross the river
– each time they came out to cross the river Porus became tired
of this routine after a while & waited at his camp for a messenger
to tell him when they were there.

9. Craterus
cavalry
infantry
Meleager
+1000 cavalry
infantry
Alexander
Porus + army
Alexander then crossed the river at night during a storm and left members of his army on the other side. They were instructed to make a lot of noise & light fires and pretend as though they were the whole army

10. Porus’ son
2. Alexander men easily defeated Porus’ son and the 400 chariots (which got stuck in the mud) Porus son was killed.
Porus + army
1. Alexander was spotted crossing the river
Porus thought it was only a small group of the army (he thought the rest were still across the river) so Porus sent his son ahead with chariots to deal with the people.

12. The battle smart board hydaspes battle.gwb
Then write down ‘The main battle’ and ‘After the battle’ on p. 66 Paul Artus
Yay! Battles = finished!