American Revolution History Essay (207).txt - Keywords:...

Keywords:
EMPIRE, SELEUCUS, SELEUCID, ALEXANDER, CHANDRAGUPTA, INDUS, WAR, TERRITORY,
EDIT, BABYLON
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...The Seleucid Empire in 281 BC on the eve of the murder of Seleucus I
Nicator...
...Philip II(last)Historical eraHellenistic period• Wars of the Diadochi...
...It was founded by Seleucus I Nicator following the division of the Macedonian
Empire established by Alexander the Great.[7][8][9][10] After receiving
Babylonia in 321 BC, Seleucus expanded his dominions to include much of
Alexander's near-eastern territories, establishing a dynasty that would rule for
over two centuries ....
...The Seleucid Empire was a major center of Hellenistic culture, privileging
Greek customs and language while generally tolerating the wide variety of local
traditions ....
...To the east, conflict with Chandragupta of the Maurya Empire in 305 BC led to
the cession of vast territory west of the Indus and a political alliance ....
...In the late second century, Antiochus III the Great attempted to project
Seleucid power and authority into Hellenistic Greece, but his attempts were
thwarted by the nascent Roman Republic and its Greek allies; the Seleucids were
forced to pay costly war reparations and relinquish territorial claims west of
the Taurus Mountains, marking the gradual decline of their empire ....
...Mithridates I of Parthia conquered much of the remaining eastern lands of the
Seleucid Empire in the mid second century BC, while the independent Greco-
Bactrian Kingdom continued to flourish in the northeast ....