Historic Battles
Gaugamela, the Fall of Persia
331 BC · Nineveh Plains, Iraq
UnsolvedThe prize. Where an empire changed hands
Where. Nineveh Plains, Iraq
Status. Unsolved
Where. Nineveh Plains, Iraq
Status. Unsolved
The account
Alexander shattered the Persian host at Gaugamela in 331 BC and won the richest empire on earth; the exact field is still debated on the plains east of Mosul.
Leads, where the trail points now
- The field is at Nineveh Plains, Iraq, and arms, shot, and relics still come out of the ground there.
- Detecting or digging needs landowner or park permission, and any significant find should be recorded; many battlefields are protected.
- Work the documented account of Gaugamela, the Fall of Persia to learn where the fighting, the camps, and the rout actually ran before you look.
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