After Alexandria and his army left Egypt in 331 BC, they marched towards Mesopotamia, which is the present-day Iraq, to the East of Egypt. Again, they encountered Darius and his arsenal. They defeated them once again in the fight called Battle of Gaugamela. Darius had to run and escape again. However, this time, Alexander chased him towards Arbela. Therefore, the Battle of Gaugamela was the last encounter between the two. Since then, Darius fled to the mountains and over them to Ecbatana, which is the present day Hamedan. Meanwhile, Alexander seized control of Babylon.
Persia
After conquering Babylon, Alexander set out for Susa, which was one of the Persian capitals. Predominantly, they were known as the Archaemenid capital. His army eventually seized its treasury. He then sent most of his army to Persepolis, which was the assumed capital of the Persian kingdom. The soldiers trod the Persian Road of Royals. As soon as he dispatched his soldiers, Alexander took part of his…show more content… One custom that most of the Greeks noted was that Alexander required those who addressed him to symbolically peck his hand and accompany it with a bow that Persians used when greeting the people they perceived as their social seniors. The Greeks perceived this as a gesture exuded by the holy. Therefore, they believed that Alexander the Great wanted to make himself righteous, hence, required those who addressed him to use it. Consequently, the Greeks attributed the change in demand in behavior to the infusion of cultures with their captives. Apparently, the Greeks liked the brutal Alexandria the Great, who could lead them through those battles and eventual capture of cities followed by the subsequent seize of treasures. The gesture was not received well by his fellow countrymen and therefore, he had to abandon, in totality, the application of what he had learned from his new
