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The 15 pages that link to Battle of Issus, each with the reason it gives.

• Alexander the GreatBroader topic: The victory forced Darius to retreat and gave Alexander control of the eastern Mediterranean coast.

• Macedonian phalanxBroader topic: The narrow battlefield constrained the phalanx while Alexander's cavalry attack decided the battle.

• Battle of GaugamelaCompared with: Issus shows the same commanders fighting under terrain that sharply constrained Persian deployment.

• Macedonian armyBroader topic: The confined battlefield tested the army's ability to coordinate its wings against a larger force.

• AntiochRelated: Alexander's conquest opened the region to the successor kingdoms that later founded Antioch.

• Companion cavalryRelated: The Companion cavalry attacked the Persian line and helped open Alexander’s route toward Darius.

• Battle of the GranicusRelated: Granicus preceded this later victory in Alexander’s war against Persia.

• Battle of the HydaspesCompared with: Its narrow battlefield contrasts with the riverine terrain and elephant tactics at Hydaspes.

• Macedonian EmpireBroader topic: This victory opened the eastern Mediterranean coast to Macedonian advance.

• Darius IIIRelated: Darius’s first major defeat by Alexander exposed the vulnerability of the Persian king in the field.

• Thirty-first Dynasty of EgyptRelated: The defeat weakened Persian resistance before Alexander moved into Egypt.

• Battle of CunaxaCompared with: Issus was a Greek-led conquest battle against a Persian king, unlike Cunaxa’s Persian civil war.

• Battle of the Persian GateRelated: It provides an earlier comparison for Alexander’s victories over Persian forces in difficult terrain.

• ParmenionRelated: Parmenion commanded the Macedonian left while Alexander attacked the Persian center.

• İskenderunBroader topic: This battle is the historical event behind the city’s association with Alexander.