# 22 ODD Facts

United States
December 23, 2017 11:41pm CST
Now, this was something that I never knew until I read it today. When Alexander the Great, conquered Persia, he ordered 10,000 of his soldiers to marry Persian women to solidify his control. He also married a Persian woman himself, because he never asked his soldiers to do something that he wouldn't do himself. I need to do some more research on this. Did you know this?
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Loretta
@noni1959 (13048)
• United States
24 Dec 17
That is interesting. I never knew this.
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
1 Jan 18
I thought this was really odd, but I guess it was more common than I thought.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28380)
• Singapore
24 Dec 17
I heard that to cement friendship Arabs marry from another tribe. It does help that they can marry many! siva
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
1 Jan 18
Really? I guess it's more common than I knew.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28380)
• Singapore
2 Jan 18
@IreneVincent I hope they do what is right than stick to those that do not stand to reason. That was the norm then for certain reasons but we are in a different world now - siva
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
24 Dec 17
No, I didn't know that... Interesting facts...
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
1 Jan 18
Why would 10,000 men obey is really odd to me.
Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (40029)
• Toccoa, Georgia
1 Jan 18
This is the first time I learned that!
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Kimberley
@mom210 (9170)
• United States
30 Dec 17
I had no idea, interesting facts.
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
1 Jan 18
Hello Kimberly. Nice to hear from you. How's your weather? We are freezing here in Virginia.
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Kimberley
@mom210 (9170)
• United States
3 Jan 18
@IreneVincent We are freezing here too, got up yesterday to 17 degrees... yuck!
Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
24 Dec 17
They did things like that back then, to keep peace and reasons like u just mentioned.
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Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
1 Jan 18
I guess it was a good idea but how strange that 10,000 men AND women would agree to do it. I wonder if there was a mass wedding with no opportunity to even meet the person you had to marry. I'm trying to picture how this might have taken place and it's just crazy.