Seleucid Empire
Hellenistic-era Greek state in Western Asia (312–63 BC)
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The Seleucid Empire was a major Greek state that ruled over Western Asia from 312 to 63 BC, during the Hellenistic period following Alexander the Great's conquests. It matters because it represented one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms of its time, spreading Greek culture and influence across a vast region that included parts of modern-day Syria, Iraq, Iran, and beyond.
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The Seleucid Empire (/sɪˈljuːsɪd/ sih-LEW-sid) was a Greek state in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander the Great, and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty until its annexation by the Roman Republic under Pompey in 63 BC.
After receiving the Mesopotamian regions of Babylonia and Assyria in 321 BC, Seleucus I began expanding his dominions to include the Near Eastern territories that include modern-day Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, and Lebanon, all of which had been under Macedonian control after the fall of the former Achaemenid Empire. At the Seleucid Empire's height, it had consisted of territory that covered Anatolia, Persia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and what are now modern Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Turkmenistan.
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