And I don't wanna romanticize it too much because even though he is in some way conquering and or unifying these large areas, there's also a lot of bloodshed, a lot of civilians dying. This is a very ugly thing that only looks romantic from maybe a distance of many thousands of years, but when you think about it, it would not have been very pleasant to have lived in any of these cities that Alexander and his troops are going through. But then he leaves Egypt, and the whole time after the defeat of Isis, Darius keeps sending him entreaties to say, hey, maybe we can work this thing out, maybe you can just stop to the west of the Euphrates, I'll give you this or that, but Alexander keeps saying, nope, not for me, I wanna be the king of Asia, there's only one king of Asia. And so they eventually meet again at Gagamella. Once again, a very significant battle in history where once again, Darius is there and has a significant force advantage over Alexander. And this time, doesn't make the mistake of meeting him in a relatively narrow area where his force advantage won't really be an advantage, but even at Gagamella, Alexander is able to decisively defeat him. And Darius has to flee over the mountains to Ekbatana.