In 334 BC, Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia in Greece, began his Eastern Expedition. The route of the Eastern Expedition was mainly to conquer the Persian Empire first, and then occupy the ancient Egyptian territory under the rule of the Persian Empire. In ancient Egypt, he could obtain a steady stream of resources and maintain enough supplies to continue The Eastern Expedition completely conquered West Asia, allowing Darius III to completely disappear within the rule of the Persian Empire. Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire through more than 10 years of Eastern Expedition, all the way to northwest India. If he continued the Eastern Expedition, he would reach ancient times Is it Chinese territory? In fact, combined with the ancient terrain and climate, as well as the obstacles of the marching route, it can be analyzed that Alexander the Great could not reach the border of China.
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King Alexander |
Ancient China belonged to the Warring States Period in the era of Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition, and the era of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Through the Shang Yang Reform, the Qin State has become extremely powerful and guarded the land in the west of ancient China. At that time, although there was Xirong, Qin State had unified the ethnic minorities on the other side of Xirong, and the Northwest belonged to Qin State. The Xinjiang area belongs to the ancient Western Regions, and there are many small countries. If Alexander the Great came in from the northwest of Xinjiang, he needed to overcome the terrain of the desert. Thousands of miles of desert, in ancient times, he needed to bring a lot of camels and horses. Every time Alexander conquered a place, he would recruit troops and hire people from other races. Fighting, however, requires a lot of supplies. If an army of tens of thousands walks around the desert, it is estimated that one-third of the army will be lost. On the way, there are still many resisting ethnic groups. In this way, entering the territory of the Qin Dynasty, the troops dropped a lot. How can the exhausted army fight against the troops of the Great Qin Empire?
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Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition |
When Alexander the Great conquered China, he could only enter ancient China from Central Asia through the countries of the Western Regions. Other routes were not feasible, and it was unrealistic and impossible to cross the Himalayas from the north of India. It is also not feasible to go from Vietnam and Myanmar. In ancient times, those places were places where birds did not shit, desolate and uninhabited areas, and marching was unrealistic. It can only go from the mainland, through Central Asia, to the Western Regions, and to the Chinese territory through the ancient Silk Road. The main army of Alexander the Great was the Greek Allied Forces. After more than ten years of long journeys, many soldiers have become tired of the war and continued to follow Alexander the Great in his eastward expedition. Without knowing it, the natural fear of unfamiliar areas is also human. What's more, the Greeks have no idea how the exhausted army can defeat the army resistance of those countries in the east. In the end, they can only go south to fight India, but it is like India The country, Alexander the Great also suffered a lot, and suffered heavy losses, so he finally had to give up his plan to continue the Eastern Expedition.
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Himalayas |
Alexander the Great had extraordinary ambitions and lofty ideals, and he could witness miracles in his lifetime. This is because Alexander the Great was attracted by the heroes of Greek mythology when he was a child. He yearned for the heroic deeds of ancient Greece, especially the worship of Achilles. Like the heroes in mythology, they made great achievements out of the exploration of the unknown world. Alexander the Great was an out-and-out idealist. His Eastern Expeditions brought Greek culture to different foreign regions, allowing Greek culture, Egyptian culture, Persian culture, and Arabic cultures to blend together, and promoted exchanges between different civilizations. At the same time, his Eastern Expedition also destroyed the local development and brought heavy disasters to the local people. Bloody massacres and barbaric rule were all crimes of the invaders.
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desert |
The Himalayas blocked Alexander the Great's plan to use India as a springboard to conquer ancient China. The vast desert in the Western Regions blocked his pace of conquering ancient China from the West Asian countries as a springboard. In addition to long-distance combat, the supplies cannot keep up, the soldiers are not acclimatized, and diseases will occur frequently. When encountering resisting nations on the way, they will also fight a war of attrition. In this way, if you can't reach the ancient Chinese region, you will reach the ancient Chinese territory. It is still unknown whether tens of thousands of troops can win the combined siege of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. During the Warring States Period, hundreds of thousands of troops fought in melee at every turn. No matter how powerful the Macedonian phalanx is, it can't resist the powerful bows and crossbows of ancient Chinese countries. In terms of military strength, home court advantage, and logistics supply, they are all advantages that Alexander the Great's army did not have. Based on the above analysis, Alexander the Great could not conquer the ancient Chinese region, which was determined by the natural environment and actual strength.
