For 10 points, name this winner of the battles of Gaugamela and Issus, a son of Philip II and student of Aristotle that conquered much of the ancient world.
In one campaign, this man would split his forces into a half crossing the Gedrosian Desert under him and the other half setting to sea under his admiral Nearchus. In another campaign, he successfully sieged the rock-fortress Aornos allowing him to enter Punjab and conquer it at the Battle of Hydaspes River. He outfitted his ships with battering rams and built a stone causeway across the sea to siege Tyre and in another battle rushed to the aid of his left flank under his general Parmenion, letting Darius III escape but winning the overall battle leading to the fall of the Persian Empire. For 10 points, name this winner of the battles of Gaugamela and Issus, a son of Philip II and student of Aristotle that conquered much of the ancient world.
In one campaign, this man would split his forces into a half crossing the Gedrosian Desert under him and the other half setting to sea under his admiral Nearchus.
{Alexander the Great} [accept {Alexander III}; prompt on “{Alexander}”]