to the Anatolian high lands to impress the tribesman.
             Alexander met and defeated the Persian army under Darius III
             at Issus. Issus is near modern Iskenderun, Turkey. This
             was a major victory because it opened the east to Alexander
             and his armies. He then marched and occupied Syria and
             after a long siege of Tyre, which is in Phoenicia. He was
             Alexander entered Egypt in 331 BC, after he had marched
             down the Phoenician coast. When he arrived, he was welcomed
             and taken as pharaoh. Alexander then organized Egypt as he
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