Fortress located north of Bactria in Sogdiana (near Samarkand), was captured by the forces of Alexander the Great in the early spring of 327 BC as part of his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. It took place in 327 BCE in what is now Tajikistan. The setting was Sogdia. It was part of Wars of Alexander the Great.
Before and after
- 335 BCEAlexander the Great crosses into Asia
- from January 332 BCE to July 332 BCESiege of Tyre
- 20 January 330 BCEBattle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain
- 329 BCEConstruction of Panathenaic Stadium
- 327 BCESiege of the Sogdian Rock
- from 327 BCE to 325 BCEIndian campaign of Alexander the Great
- c. 326 BCEPytheas of Massalia sails to Britain and the far north
- from November 326 BCE to February 325 BCEMallian Campaign
- from 323 BCE to 322 BCELamian War
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