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The 19 pages that link to Battle of Gaugamela, each with the reason it gives.

• Achaemenid EmpireBroader topic: The defeat opened the way for Alexander’s conquest of the imperial heartlands.

• Alexander the GreatBroader topic: The victory broke the Persian king’s power and opened the way to Babylon and the imperial capitals.

• Macedonian phalanxBroader topic: The phalanx held the center as cavalry maneuvers opened a path toward Darius.

• Battle of IssusRelated: Darius’s survival after Issus led to a renewed contest at Gaugamela.

• War elephantBroader topic: Darius deployed a small number of elephants, an early recorded use in a Persian army.

• ChariotBroader topic: Persian scythed chariots failed to break the Macedonian formations.

• Macedonian armyBroader topic: The army overcame prepared terrain and numerical disadvantage through coordinated attacks across the field.

• ArrianBroader topic: Arrian’s detailed battle narrative shows how he organizes military evidence into a campaign history.

• Companion cavalryRelated: A Companion cavalry charge exploited a gap in the Persian formation.

• Battle of the GranicusRelated: It completed the Persian defeat begun by Alexander’s invasion after Granicus.

• Battle of the HydaspesCompared with: Unlike Gaugamela’s defeat of an imperial army, Hydaspes pitted Alexander against a regional ruler and elephants.

• Macedonian EmpireBroader topic: The decisive victory broke Persian imperial resistance and enabled Alexander to take its core cities.

• Darius IIIRelated: This defeat destroyed Darius’s ability to defend the empire’s principal centers.

• Battle of the Persian GateRelated: Its outcome left Alexander able to advance into the Persian Empire’s central territories.

• AtropateneRelated: Its outcome enabled Alexander to take the territories Atropates later governed.

• Battle of AvarayrCompared with: Unlike Avarayr, Gaugamela ended in the collapse of the defeated empire’s central authority.

• ParmenionRelated: Parmenion held the Macedonian left against pressure from Persian cavalry.

• GordyeneRelated: The region lay near the eastern theaters reshaped by Alexander’s conquest.

• Wars of Alexander the GreatBroader topic: The victory broke Persian imperial power and cleared the way to Babylon.