Alexander’s Asian campaign

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military campaign series of wars

Alexander’s Asian campaign was the series of military conquests led by Alexander the Great that overthrew the Persian Empire and extended Macedonian rule across much of Asia.

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Label	Occurrences
Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire	3
Macedonian invasion of India	3
Alexander’s Asian campaign canonical	2
Alexander the Great in Asia campaign	1
Alexander the Great's Asian campaign	1
Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire	1
Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign	1
Alexander's Central Asian campaign	1
Alexander’s campaign against Persia	1
Alexander’s campaign in Asia	1
Alexander’s march into Egypt	1
Macedonian conquest of Persia	1
Macedonian conquest of Punjab	1
Macedonian conquest of parts of northwestern India	1
Macedonian conquest of the Near East	1
Macedonian conquest of the Persian Empire	1
Near Eastern theater of Alexander’s conquests	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3507806 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alexander’s Asian campaign
Context triple: [Asian campaign, alsoKnownAs, Alexander’s Asian campaign]

A. Persian campaign
The Persian campaign was a World War I military operation in Iran involving clashes among Russian, Ottoman, British, and local forces over strategic control of the region.
B. The Battles of Alexander
The Battles of Alexander is a celebrated series of grand historical paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting key military victories of Alexander the Great.
C. Conquest of Mesopotamia
The Conquest of Mesopotamia was a major Roman military campaign under the Severan dynasty that extended imperial control deep into the Near East at the expense of the Parthian Empire.
D. Battle of Gaugamela
The Battle of Gaugamela was a decisive 331 BC clash in which Alexander the Great defeated Persian king Darius III, effectively leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire and securing Macedonian dominance in the Near East.
E. Battle of Issus
The Battle of Issus was a decisive 333 BC clash in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persian king Darius III, cementing Macedonian dominance in Asia Minor and showcasing Alexander’s tactical brilliance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alexander’s Asian campaign
Target entity description: Alexander’s Asian campaign was the series of military conquests led by Alexander the Great that overthrew the Persian Empire and extended Macedonian rule across much of Asia.

A. Persian campaign
The Persian campaign was a World War I military operation in Iran involving clashes among Russian, Ottoman, British, and local forces over strategic control of the region.
B. The Battles of Alexander
The Battles of Alexander is a celebrated series of grand historical paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting key military victories of Alexander the Great.
C. Conquest of Mesopotamia
The Conquest of Mesopotamia was a major Roman military campaign under the Severan dynasty that extended imperial control deep into the Near East at the expense of the Parthian Empire.
D. Battle of Gaugamela
The Battle of Gaugamela was a decisive 331 BC clash in which Alexander the Great defeated Persian king Darius III, effectively leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire and securing Macedonian dominance in the Near East.
E. Battle of Issus
The Battle of Issus was a decisive 333 BC clash in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persian king Darius III, cementing Macedonian dominance in Asia Minor and showcasing Alexander’s tactical brilliance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ surface form: Alexander’s campaign against Persia Alexander’s conquest of Asia ⓘ
baseOfOperations	Babylon (later in the campaign) ⓘ Pella, Greece ⓘ surface form: Pella (initially)
cause	Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Macedonian invasion of the Persian Empire
chronologicalPhase	Asian phase of Alexander’s conquests ⓘ
culturalEffect	spread of Hellenistic culture in Asia ⓘ
endYear	323 BC ⓘ
geographicalExtent	from Greece to the Indus River ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic period (early phase)
includesBattle	Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ Battle of Issus ⓘ Battle of Granicus ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Granicus Battle of the Hydaspes ⓘ Siege of Gaza ⓘ surface form: Siege of Gaza (332 BC) Siege of Tyre ⓘ surface form: Siege of Tyre (332 BC)
includesEvent	Siege of Persepolis ⓘ surface form: burning of Persepolis Dardanelles ⓘ surface form: crossing of the Hellespont founding of Alexandria in Egypt ⓘ
initiatedBy	Macedon ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Macedon
leader	Alexander the Great ⓘ
legacy	model for later conquerors in Asia ⓘ
militaryInnovation	combined use of phalanx and cavalry ⓘ
notableArmyComponent	Companion cavalry ⓘ Greek allied contingents ⓘ Macedonian phalanx ⓘ
opponentLeader	Bessus ⓘ Darius III ⓘ
politicalEffect	end of Achaemenid Persian rule ⓘ establishment of Macedonian hegemony in the Near East ⓘ
predecessor	Philip II’s preparations against Persia ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
relatedWork	Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ surface form: Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian Quintus Curtius Rufus’ Histories of Alexander the Great ⓘ surface form: Histories of Alexander by Quintus Curtius Rufus Life of Alexander ⓘ surface form: Life of Alexander by Plutarch
result	expansion of Macedonian rule into Asia ⓘ fall of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
startYear	334 BC ⓘ
successorStatesCreated	Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
terminationReason	death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC ⓘ
theatreOfWar	Asia Minor ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Indus Valley ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ Persia ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian campaign → alsoKnownAs → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander’s campaign in Asia

Parysatis II → associatedWith → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of Persia

Battle of Granicus → conflictIn → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire

Battle of Issus → partOf → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire

Siege of Tyre → followedBy → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander’s march into Egypt

Battle of the Hydaspes → conflict → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire

Gordian Knot legend → relatedConcept → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander the Great in Asia campaign

Alexander → subject → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of the Persian Empire

Azemilcus of Tyre → reignDuring → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of the Near East

Hydraotes River → relatedTo → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian invasion of India

Alexander’s Asian campaign → alsoKnownAs → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander’s campaign against Persia

Mallians → resisted → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of Punjab

Oxydracae → opposed → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian invasion of India

Peithon → participatedIn → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign

Alexandria on the Jaxartes → foundedDuringCampaign → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander's Central Asian campaign

Siege of Susa → campaign → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

Siege of Susa → theater → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Near Eastern theater of Alexander’s conquests

Siege of Gaza → partOf → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire

Cleitus the Black saved Alexander's life → partOf → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander the Great's Asian campaign

Acesines River → associatedWith → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian invasion of India

Seleucid–Mauryan relations → precededBy → Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian conquest of parts of northwestern India

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