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It's remarkable how often unexpected revolts and impregnable fortresses sit across Alexander's lines of communication, from Egypt as the final piece in his Mediterranean sea lanes to the mountain passes south of Kabul on the way to the Indus.

Therefore in 336 BC circumstances favored the invader. Tough there was a great distance to be traversed before the vitals of the empire could be reached, the command of the sea was in Persian hands & by means of his hoarded wealth the King could customarily corrupt his enemies by bribery. He was a weakling, his satraps unreliable, his native levies of low fighting value. These assets favored a bold & judicious enemy.