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To learn more about our privacy policy Click here"Nowadays it can be a rough ride on a good asphalt road," said Akram, as we inched around a hairpin bend. "But back in Alexander the Great's time, his army travelled across this harsh terrain on foot and horseback. In 325 BCE it is said he led 30,000 troops from his campaign in India across the Makran towards Babylon [in modern-day Iraq]. There was terrible suffering in the heat and many casualties. Only half of those that started the journey are thought to have crossed into what is modern-day Iran alive." Today's highway is widely believed to be the same route Alexander the Great took, although it's difficult to know for sure.