The Battle of Issus, on 5 November 333 BCE, was Alexander the Great's second battle against the Persian army and the first direct engagement with King Darius III, near the village of Issus in southern modern-day Turkey. https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Issus/ #History #AlexandertheGreat #BattleofGaugamela #BattleofIssus

Warfare is generally understood to be the controlled and systematic waging of armed conflict between sovereign nations or states, using military might and strategy, until one opponent is defeated on the field or sues for peace in the face of inevitable destruction and greater loss of human life. The first recorded war in history is that between Sumer and Elam in Mesopotamia in 2700 BCE in which...https://www.worldhistory.org/warfare/ #BattleofActium #BattleofGaixia #BattleofGaugamela