Alexander the Great besieged Gaza, the last city to resist his conquest on his path to Egypt, for five months before finally capturing it 332 BC; the inhabitants were either killed or taken captive. Alexander brought in local Bedouins to populate Gaza and organized the city into a polis (or "city-state").
alexander the great besieged gaza the last city to resist his conquest on his path to egypt for five months before finally capturing it 332 bc; the inhabitants were either killed or taken captive alexander brought in local bedouins to populate gaza and organized the city into a polis (or "city-state")