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Name: Rebel Satrapies

Type: Polity

Start: 330 BC

End: 326 BC

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Were the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that became de facto independent when king Darius III died during the Wars of Alexander the Great.

Establishment


  • August 330 BC: Hecatompylos conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • August 330 BC: Alexander's detour from modern Semnan to the Dasht-e-Kavir desert ―Parthia.
  • August 330 BC: Thara is the city where the Persian king Darius III was killed. Although Alexander appeared as the Achaemenid ruler, there is no doubt that the Achaemenid Empire had come to an end at the latest with the assassination of Darius by the satrap Bessos (330 BC).
  • August 330 BC: Zadracarta conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • August 330 BC: With the death of Achaemenid ruler Darius III the eastern provinces became de facto indipendent.
  • September 330 BC: Hyrcanian campaign.
  • October 330 BC: Susia conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • October 330 BC: Artacoana conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • November 330 BC: Phrada and Alexandria Prophthasia (Farah, Afghanistan) conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • Chronology


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    1. Wars of Alexander the Great


    Were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon (known as Alexander "The Great") from 336 BC to 323 BC. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and also expanded his kingdom into the Indian Subcontinent.

    1.1.Alexander's War in Persia

    Were the military campaigns by Alexander the Great King of Macedon in the territories of the Achaemenid Empire.

    1.1.1.Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire

    Was a military campaign by Alexander the Great King of Macedon in Asia that resulted in the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire.

  • January 329 BC: Pasargad conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.

  • 1.1.2.Campaigns of Alexander the Great against the Achaemenid rebel Satrapies

    Were a series of military campaign by Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, in the regions of the Achaemenid Empire that had become de facto independent after the collapse of the Empire.

  • January 329 BC: Alexandria and whole Egypt including Cyrenaica conquered by Rashidun Caliphate.
  • January 329 BC: Nisa-Alexandroupolis (probably Bagir Village, 18 km southwest of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • June 329 BC: Drapsaca conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • June 329 BC: Oxus River conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • June 329 BC: Bactra conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • June 329 BC: Foundation of Alexandria Tarmita (Termez/Termiz, Uzbekistan) - Sogdia (or Transoxiana).
  • June 329 BC: Khawak Pass (leading from Badakhshan to Panjshir valley, 100 km northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan) conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • July 329 BC: Maracanda conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • July 329 BC: Nautaca conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • August 329 BC: Jaxartes River conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • August 329 BC: Fergana Valley conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • November 329 BC: Territories north of the Jaxartes River are conquered by the Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • December 329 BC: Bactra conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • December 329 BC: Tribactra conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • January 328 BC: Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria in Arachosia (modern-day Ghazni, Afghanistan) as part of his conquests in the region.
  • June 328 BC: Foundation of Alexandria Oxiane (perhaps modern-day Ai Khanum).
  • December 328 BC: Sogdian campaigns and attack of the Sogdian settlements in the Gissarskiy Range.
  • January 327 BC: Alexandria in Margiana was founded by Craterus and refounded by Antiochus I and called Antiochia.
  • January 327 BC: Nautaca conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • April 327 BC: Siege of the Sogdian Rock or Rock of Sisimithres (where Oxyartes and Roxana were located).
  • December 327 BC: Shang-La Pass, Pakistan, conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • January 326 BC: Cophen River conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • June 326 BC: The Rebel Achaemenid Satrapies are conquered by the Kingdom of Macedonia.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 329 BC: After the end of the Achaemenid Empire, Caucasian Albania and Arabia were not controlled by any polity.

  • January 329 BC: In Hellenistic times, Lesser Armenia was an independent kingdom. Presumably it broke away from the Achaemenid Empire during the Macedonian conquest.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 326 BC: Cophen River conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • June 326 BC: The Rebel Achaemenid Satrapies are conquered by the Kingdom of Macedonia.
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