- 332 BC
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Events
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Persian Empire
* The Persian King
Darius III twice sends Alexander letters of friendship. The second time he offers a large ransom for his family, the ceding of all of the Persian Empire west of theEuphrates River , and the hand of his daughter in return for an alliance. Alexander rejects both letters and marches intoMesopotamia .Macedonia
* Alexander of
Macedon ia occupiesDamascus and, after a siege lasting seven months, destroys Tyre during which there is great carnage and the sale of the women and children into slavery.
* LeavingParmenion inSyria , Alexander advances south without opposition until he reachesGaza where bitter resistance halts him for two months, and he sustains a serious shoulder wound during a sortie.
* Alexander conquers Egypt from the Persians. The Egyptians welcome him as their deliverer, and the Persiansatrap Mazaces wisely surrenders. Alexander's conquest of Egypt completes his control of the whole easternMediterranean coast.
* Alexander spends the winter organising the administration of Egypt. He employs Egyptian governors, while keeping the army under a separate Macedonian command.
* Alexander founds the city ofAlexandria near the western arm of theNile on a site between the sea andLake Mareotis , protected by the island ofPharos , and has the city laid out by the Rhodian architectDeinocrates .Italy
* After a victory over the
Samnites andLucanians nearPaestum ,Alexander of Epirus makes a treaty with the Romans.Births
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