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Siege of Miletus, the Glossary

The siege of Miletus was Alexander the Great's first siege and naval encounter with the Achaemenid Empire.^[1]

45 relations: Achaemenid Empire, Alexander the Great, Alexandria, Aydın Province, Babylon, Balat, Didim, Battle of Gaugamela, Battle of Issus, Battle of Jaxartes, Battle of the Granicus, Battle of the Hydaspes, Battle of the Persian Gate, Battle of the Uxian Defile, Biga Çayı, Cophen campaign, Cyropolis, Death of Alexander the Great, Didim, Erbil, Gaza City, Hegesistratus, Hephaestion, Ionia, Issus (Cilicia), Jhelum River, Kabul River, League of Corinth, Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Mallian campaign, Miletus, Nicanor (son of Parmenion), Parmenion, Pella, Persian Gates, Philotas, Punjab, Siege of Cyropolis, Siege of Gaza (332 BCE), Siege of Halicarnassus, Siege of the Sogdian Rock, Siege of Tyre (332 BC), Susa, Turkey, Tyre, Lebanon, Wars of Alexander the Great.
334 BC
Battles of Alexander the Great
Miletus
Sieges involving the Achaemenid Empire

Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Aydın Province

Aydın Province (Aydın ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of southwestern Turkey, located in the Aegean Region.

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Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.

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Balat, Didim

Balat is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey. Siege of Miletus and Balat, Didim are Miletus.

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Battle of Gaugamela

The Battle of Gaugamela (the Camel's House), also called the Battle of Arbela (label), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III. Siege of Miletus and Battle of Gaugamela are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Battle of Issus

The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on 5 November 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III. Siege of Miletus and Battle of Issus are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Battle of Jaxartes

The Battle of Jaxartes was fought in 329 BC by Alexander the Great and his Hellenic (Greek) army against the Saka at the River Jaxartes, now known as the Syr Darya River. Siege of Miletus and Battle of Jaxartes are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Battle of the Granicus

The Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great of Macedon and the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Siege of Miletus and battle of the Granicus are 334 BC and battles of Alexander the Great.

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Battle of the Hydaspes

The Battle of the Hydaspes also known as Battle of Jhelum, or First Battle of Jhelum, was fought between Alexander the Great and Porus in May of 326 BCE. Siege of Miletus and Battle of the Hydaspes are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Battle of the Persian Gate

The Battle of the Persian Gate took place as part of the Wars of Alexander the Great. Siege of Miletus and Battle of the Persian Gate are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Battle of the Uxian Defile

The Battle of Uxian Defile was fought by Alexander the Great against the Uxian tribe of the Persian Empire. Siege of Miletus and Battle of the Uxian Defile are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Biga Çayı

The Biga River (Biga Çayı) is a small river in Çanakkale Province in northwestern Turkey.

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Cophen campaign

The Cophen campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great in the Kabul (Sanskrit: "Kubha") Valley between May 327 BCDodge 1890, p. 509 and March 326 BC. Siege of Miletus and Cophen campaign are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Cyropolis

Cyreschata (Old Persian), better known by its Latin name Cyropolis (Κυρούπολις or Κύρουπόλις), both meaning "City of Cyrus", was an ancient city founded by Cyrus the Great to mark the northeastern border of his Achaemenid Empire.

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Death of Alexander the Great

The death of Alexander the Great and subsequent related events have been the subjects of debates.

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Didim

Didim is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey.

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Erbil

Erbil (أربيل,; ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ), also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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Gaza City

Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.

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Hegesistratus

Hegesistratus (Ἡγησίστρατος) is an ancient Greek name.

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Hephaestion

Hephaestion (Ἡφαιστίων Hephaistíon; c. 356 BC – October 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic or Ionian extraction" and a general in the army of Alexander the Great.

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Ionia

Ionia was an ancient region on the western coast of Anatolia, to the south of present-day İzmir, Turkey.

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Issus (Cilicia)

Issus (Latin; Phoenician: Sissu) or Issos (Ἰσσός, Issós, or Ἰσσοί, Issoí) was an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus river (a fast melt-water stream several metres wide) below the navigationally difficult inland mountains towering above to the east in the Turkish Province of Hatay, near the border with Syria.

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Jhelum River

The Jhelum River is a river in the northern Indian subcontinent.

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Kabul River

The Kabul River (د کابل سیند, دریای کابل), the classical Cophen, is a river that emerges in the Sanglakh Range of the Hindu Kush mountains in the northeastern part of Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan.

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League of Corinth

The League of Corinth, also referred to as the Hellenic League (koinòn tõn Hellḗnōn; or simply, the Héllēnes), was a federation of Greek states created by Philip IIDiodorus Siculus, Book 16, 89.

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Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Macedonia (Μακεδονία), also called Macedon, was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.

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Mallian campaign

The Mallian campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great from November 326 to February 325 BC, against the Mallians of the Punjab. Siege of Miletus and Mallian campaign are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Miletus

Miletus (Mī́lētos; 𒈪𒅋𒆷𒉿𒀭𒁕 Mīllawānda or 𒈪𒆷𒉿𒋫 Milawata (exonyms); Mīlētus; Milet) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Ionia.

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Nicanor (son of Parmenion)

Nicanor (Nικάνωρ Nīkā́nōr; died 330 BC), son of Parmenion, was a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great.

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Parmenion

Parmenion (also Parmenio; Παρμενίων; 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great.

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Pella

Pella (Πέλλα) is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece.

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Persian Gates

Persian Gate or the Susian Gate was the ancient name of the pass now known as Tang-e Meyran, connecting Yasuj with Sedeh Eghlid to the east, crossing the border of the modern Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad and Fars provinces of Iran, passing south of the Kuh-e-Dinar massif, part of the Zagros Mountains.

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Philotas

Philotas (Φιλώτας; 365 BC – October 330 BC) was the eldest son of Parmenion, one of Alexander the Great's most experienced and talented generals.

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Punjab

Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.

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Siege of Cyropolis

Cyropolis was the largest of seven towns in the region that Alexander the Great targeted for conquest in 329 BC. Siege of Miletus and Siege of Cyropolis are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Siege of Gaza (332 BCE)

The siege of Gaza, as part of the Wars of Alexander the Great, took place in October of 332 BCE. Siege of Miletus and siege of Gaza (332 BCE) are battles of Alexander the Great and sieges involving the Achaemenid Empire.

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Siege of Halicarnassus

The siege of Halicarnassus was fought between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 334 BC. Siege of Miletus and siege of Halicarnassus are 334 BC, battles of Alexander the Great and sieges involving the Achaemenid Empire.

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Siege of the Sogdian Rock

The Sogdian Rock or Rock of Ariamazes, a fortress located north of Bactria in Sogdiana (near Samarkand), ruled by Arimazes, was captured by the forces of Alexander the Great in the early spring of 327 BC as part of his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. Siege of Miletus and Siege of the Sogdian Rock are battles of Alexander the Great.

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Siege of Tyre (332 BC)

The Siege of Tyre was orchestrated by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians. Siege of Miletus and Siege of Tyre (332 BC) are battles of Alexander the Great and sieges involving the Achaemenid Empire.

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Susa

Susa (Middle translit; Middle and Neo-translit; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid translit; Achaemenid translit; شوش; שׁוּשָׁן; Σοῦσα; ܫܘܫ; 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 or 𐭱𐭥𐭮; 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Miletus

Siege of Miletus, the Glossary

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334 BC

Battles of Alexander the Great

Miletus

Sieges involving the Achaemenid Empire

References