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The Battle of Pelusium in 525 BC: The siege where the Persians used cats as shields to conquer Egypt

King Cambyses II took advantage of the religious devotion to the goddess Bastet to neutralize Egyptian archers without firing an arrow

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The Siege of Tyre: When Alexander the Great redrew coastal geography to conquer an impregnable island

In 332 BC, the Macedonian strategist defied the sea by building a colossal causeway of nearly one kilometer that linked the island to the mainland forever.

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The Battle of Pelusium in 525 BC: The siege where the Persians used cats as shields to conquer Egypt

The Siege of Tyre: When Alexander the Great redrew coastal geography to conquer an impregnable island