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330s BC
- Achaemenid EmpireIn 550 BC, Cyrus the Great defeated the Median king Astyages and captured Ecbatana. This single event marked the birth of an empire that would stretch from…
- AlexandriaAlexander the Great arrived at the western edge of the Nile River Delta in April 331 BC to establish a new city. He chose the site of an ancient Egyptian…