Look up: issus

1. Issus
   [n] - a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
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2. Issus
   Ancient town of Cilicia, Asia Minor, near the province's border with Syria. Here Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, inflicted a crushing defeat on the Persians under King Darius III 333 BC. ...
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3. Issus
   battle of Issus noun a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
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4. Issus
   Issus (is'us) , ancient town of SE Asia Minor, now in Turkey, 5 mi (8 km) NW of Dörtyol. Located near the head of a gulf (the modern Gulf of Iskenderun), Issus was on a narrow strip of land backed by high mountains. Nearby, in 333 B.C., Alexander defeated the forces of Darius III of Persia....
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5. Issus
   (town) province of Ἱσσός--> or Ἱσσοί) is an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus river (a fast melt-water stream several metres wide) below the navigationally difficult inland mountains towering above to the east in ...
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6. Issus
   (genus) Species of this genus are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa. Genus Issus includes small insects generally with a stocky body, a brown body and forewings with strong pronounced ribs. Species List: This genus include the following 29 species: External links :
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