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Alexandria of the Arachosians was a city that is now present-day Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. Arachosia is the Greek name of an ancient province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid and Parthian empires and corresponds to the southern part of today's Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan and India. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1117x1391, 272 KB) Map of Alexanders campaigns in India. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1117x1391, 272 KB) Map of Alexanders campaigns in India. ... This article is about the city in Afghanistan. ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of the most successful military commanders in history. ... Arachosia is the ancient name of an area that corresponds to the southern part of today s Afghanistan, around the city of Kandahar. ... Achaemenid Empire The Achaemenid Dynasty was a dynasty in the ancient Persian Empire, including Cyrus II the Great, Darius I and Xerxes I. At the height of their power, the Achaemenid rulers of Persia ruled over territories roughly emcompassing some parts of todays Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon... The Seleucid Empire was one of several political states founded after the death of Alexander the Great, whose generals squabbled over the division of Alexanders empire. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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