Jaxartes

The Jaxartes was the farthest boundary of the Persian Empire in central Asia.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The Jaxartes was the farthest boundary of the Persian Empire in central Asia.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The Jaxartes was the farthest boundary of the Persian Empire in central Asia.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

He had spent two full campaigning seasons in the lands between the Oxus and Jaxartes without bringing stability to the region.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Jaxartes: Flowing into the Aral Sea, the modern Syr Darya was the northeastern boundary of the Persian Empire and the scene of fierce fighting by Alexander.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Cyrus and his successors had fought in this region for two hundred years, but they never intended anything more than to hold the frontier against the tribes beyond the Jaxartes.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The seven cities of the Persians along the Jaxartes were quickly retaken and their Macedonian garrisons massacred.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

North through the Black Sea the Macedonian fleet would sail, then the army would march east across the steppes to the banks of the Oxus and Jaxartes with the help of their allies among the Scythian kings.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

While he was on the Jaxartes, delegations came to him from various Scythian tribes, including the Abii on the steppes far to the west of Sogdiana.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

To the north was the Jaxartes River and the great steppes of central Asia, a boundless grassland stretching seemingly forever.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011