Battle of the Jaxartes

GPTKB entity

Properties (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Increased_Macedonian_influence_in_the_region
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Greek_mercenaries
Local tribes
gptkbp:battle Battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Issus
Battle of Granicus
gptkbp:casualties Macedonian_losses_minimal
Sogdian_losses_significant
gptkbp:climate Favorable_for_Macedonians
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Sogdian_tribes
gptkb:Macedonian_Empire
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influenced later military tactics
gptkbp:cultural_significance Spread through conquests
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influenced by the battle
Resisted_Macedonian_influence
gptkbp:date 329 BC
gptkbp:depicts Historical texts
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations High after victory
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Siege_of_the_Sogdian_Rock
gptkbp:goal Conquer Central Asia
gptkbp:historical_significance Marked_the_beginning_of_Alexander's_control_over_Sogdiana
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Alexander's_campaign_against_Persia
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
gptkb:Curtius_Rufus
Arrian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Jaxartes
gptkbp:ideology To_reach_India
gptkbp:influence Lasting_in_Central_Asia
Subsequent_campaigns_in_Asia
gptkbp:landscape River_valley
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
Spitamenes
Challenged_by_Alexander
gptkbp:legacy Military genius
Studied in military academies
gptkbp:location gptkb:Jaxartes_River
gptkbp:maximum_speed Continued after the battle
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
Spitamenes
gptkbp:outcome Sogdian_tribes_retreated
gptkbp:personalityTrait Low after defeat
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Persian_Gate
gptkbp:reputation Enhanced after the battle
gptkbp:result Macedonian_victory
gptkbp:significance Demonstrated_Alexander's_military_prowess
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control of Central Asia
gptkbp:tactics Guerrilla warfare
Psychological warfare
Flanking maneuvers
Rapid movement
Use of cavalry
Combined arms approach
Use of phalanx formation
gptkbp:territory Strategically important
gptkbp:torque Approximately 30,000 troops
Larger in number
gptkbp:type land battle