While wintering his army at Gordium in 333 BC, Alexander the Great attempted to untie the Gordian Knot. Myths had circulated that whomever should untie the knot would swiftly rise to become the most powerful ruler of Asia. When Alexander could find no end to the knot, by which to unbind it, he sliced it […]
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