#135 Alexander the Great (Part 6)
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🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Egypt rolls out the red carpet, hailing him as Pharaoh and even a living god. Finally, the titanic Battle of Gaugamela sees Alexander smash Darius’ massive army and claim the Persian Empire for himself.
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| 0:08.9 | Travis fell in love with the perfect woman. |
| 0:11.8 | Beautiful, understanding. |
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| 0:15.8 | There was just one catch. |
| 0:18.5 | She wasn't human. |
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| 0:37.2 | Welcome back to our series on Alexander the Great. |
| 0:40.8 | And I've got to be honest, as much as I'm enjoying it, |
| 0:43.2 | and as much as I'm impressed by Alexander the Great, |
| 0:45.9 | partly I am now starting to feel quite bad for how little I'd achieved at a similar age, |
| 0:50.7 | because the guy gets stuff done. |
| 0:52.9 | But anyway, let's get on with the show. |
| 0:55.2 | So, I am now going to talk to you about Alexander's move into Egypt. |
| 1:00.3 | And I think for me, the bits I've done, this is my favourite part of the story so far. |
| 1:05.0 | Interestingly, what's different about his move into Egypt, okay, is that there's no swords raised, there's no cities |
| 1:13.1 | leveled, none of that business is, as he enters Egypt, quite the opposite, okay? So the ancient |
| 1:19.3 | kingdom of Egypt had never comfortably settled into membership of the Persian Empire. In fact, |
| 1:24.8 | by the time Alexander arrives, the Egyptians had already rebelled against Darius. |
| 1:30.1 | Do you know what, Tom, just before you continue, I'm going to stop you there. |
| 1:34.1 | I think it might be helpful for our listeners. |
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