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Gaugamela

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Gau·ga·me·la  (gôg-ml)
An ancient village of Assyria northeast of Nineveh. Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III here in 331 b.c.


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Apparently not: my recent attempt to sell a concept for a videogame based on the Battle of Gaugamela elicited only a generic rejection letter from Brainsplatter Entertainment Systems' back office.
Combat commanders have been inspiring followers ever since Alexander the Great led the charge that routed the Persians at the river Gaugamela.
When the reader has advanced to the fourth and fifth paragraph about Alexander's journey to Gangamela, the map is automatically updated with a corresponding illustration containing the passage from Issos to Gaugamela.
 
 
 
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