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 | | The Hasmonean Jewish Kingdom was established in 166 BC, and in 142 BC the Seleucids recognized Jewish autonomy. | | | The Seleucid Empire, was founded in 323 BC by Seleucus I Nicator and had its capital at Babylon. | | | His successor, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ascended the throne in 180 BC, but his attempt to outlaw the observance of Judaism precipitated armed rebellion led by Jewish zealots known as the Maccabees. |
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| | Ancient Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Marble statuette from the Cycladic islands, 3000 BC The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Greek peninsula in several waves beginning in the late 3rd millennium BC, the last being the Dorian invasion. | | | In 499 BC the Greeks rose in the Ionian Revolt, and Athens and some other Greek cities went to their aid. | | | But before he could do so he was assassinated (336 BC). |
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| | Encyclopedia: Seleucus I Nicator |
| | Subsequently, Seleucus had a hand in the murder of Perdiccas during the latter's unsuccessful invasion of Egypt in 321 BC. | | | He had, however, hardly crossed into the Chersonese when he was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos near Lysimachia (281 BC). | | | His attempt to restore Macedonian rule beyond the Indus, where Chandragupta Maurya had established himself, was not successful. |
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| | Ancient Greek Coins |
| | Kallatis, Moesia Inferior, 300-200 BC; large "Apollo/Tripod" AE 25; scarce VF/F. Philip V of Macedon, 221-179 BC; "Herakles/Goats" AE 21; scarce VF/EF. | | | Philip V of Macedon, 221-179 BC; "Poseidon/Club" AE 23; scarce VF. | | | Philip V of Macedon, 221-179 BC; "Zeus/Rider" AE 22; scarce EF. |
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| | BBC - History - Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC) |
| | With his greatest victory at the Battle of Gaugamela, in what is now northern Iraq, in 331 BC, the young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, Overlord of Asia Minor and Pharaoh of Egypt also became Great King of Persia at the age of 25. | | | Following his father's assassination in 336 BC, he inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom, which he had to secure - along with the rest of the Greek city states - before he could set out to conquer the massive Persian Empire, in revenge for Persia's earlier attempts to conquer Greece. | | | Following his death in 323 BC at the age of only 32, his empire was torn apart in the power struggles of his successors. |
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| | Alexander (356-323 BC) By Miles Hodges |
| | His last enterprise (323) was to have been a massive exploration of the water link between Babylon and Egypt by 1000 ships he had built for the occasion. | | | Alexander saw his incredible opportunity as liberator or deliverer of these subject peoples. | | | He then had rebellions to face down, including one among his own Greek troops (also 324). |
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| | We are told that a shipwrecked Indian sailor was discovered, half-dead, by coast guards on the Red Sea, and was brought to the King. | | | Any attempts by Alexandrian ships to sail beyond Eudaemon Arabia were strongly discouraged; if they did sail, it was by laboriously hugging the coasts and in the words of Periplus, ‘sailing round the bays’. | | | The story of the discovery was reported by Poseidonius (c.130–51 BC) and later recorded by Strabo (2.33. |
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| | Sicily Katana Tetradrachm 463 - 431 BC Sicily Syracuse Heiron II AE 27 - 274 - 216 BC Syria | | | Numedia Micipsa AE25 148 - 118 BC Attica | | | Roman Republic Quadrigatus 225 - 212 BC - 280 BC Roman Republic AE AS 195 - 187 BC Julius Caesar Denarius 59 - 44 BC Mark Antony and Octavian Denarius 48 - 30 BC Lycia |
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| | After Alexander's death in 323 BC, the eastern satrapies passed to the Seleucid dynasty, which ruled from Babylon. | | | Ruins of an outpost Greek city founded about 325 BC were discovered at Ay Khanom, at the confluence of the Amu and Kowkcheh rivers. | | | In the 6th century BC the Achaemenian ruler Cyrus II the Great established his authority over the area. |
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| | Aristotle (384-322 BC) |
| | When Plato died in 347 BC, Aristotle moved to Assos, a city in Asia Minor, where a friend of his, Hermias, was ruler. | | | Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher and scientist, who shares with Plato and Socrates the distinction of being the most famous of ancient philosophers. | | | Aristotle was born at Stagira, in Macedonia, the son of a physician to the royal court. |
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| | It passed on to his heirs, but none of them held any actual power, either in Asia or any other part of his empire; the actual power fell to the numerous regents or the rebellious satraps. | | | With the extinction of his dynasty and the rise of the Diadochi, the title fell out of use. | | | Philip I (Philip III of Macedon): 323 BC-317 BC |
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| | Alexander the Great: 356-323 |
| | This dissipated any further attempts at rebellion and Alexander quickly united the Greek cities and formed the League of Nations, of which he became president. | | | While in Babylon Alexander became seriously ill with malaria and on June 13, 323 BC he died. | | | During his time he conquered most of the civilized world and has been remembered as one of the greatest generals in history. |
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| | ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Project by JJP |
| | Before Philip himself went to Asia to begin the conquest, he was assassinated. | | | About 570 B.C., the Pharaoh Amasis rebuilt a temple in Siwa dedicated to the Amon (also Amun, Ammon). | | | The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the largest temples built by the Greeks around 550 B.C. Olympias' ancestor was mythic hero from Illiad - Achilles, while his father Philip II of Macedon, descends from the Zeus' son - Hercules. |
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| | Malter Galleries Past Auctions |
| | Found in the sea off the coast of Haifa, Israel. | | | AR Drachm of 90 – 65 BC, struck with Spalagadames as Viceroy. | | | AR Tetradrachm of 100 – 90 BC, struck with Spalahores as Viceroy. |
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| | ancient Greek civilization -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Throughout the period of the barbarian invasions, Greek learning was preserved by Christians in Constantinople... | | | From the 3rd millennium BC to the beginning of the Christian Era, forms of prayer changed little among the Assyrians and Babylonians and their descendants. | | | That the myths contained a considerable element of fiction the more critical Greeks, such as the philosopher Plato in the 5th–4th centuries BC, recognized. |
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| | Modern Chronology of Mahram Bilqis, Yemen |
| | 539 BC City of Babylon falls to the Persians | | | 24-23 BC Unsuccessful expedition of the Roman general Aelius Gallus into Arabia, reaching perhaps as far as Marib, during reign of Augustus | | | bout 1470 BC Queen Hatshepsut’s journey to the Land of Punt |
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| | The Leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah (not completed) | | | Exodus and the Period of the Judges (1290-1050 BC) | | | The Persian Period and Return from Exile (538-323 BC) |
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| | MSN Encarta - Greek Art and Architecture |
| | In fact, the first colossal Greek temples were Ionic—the Temple of Hera on the island of Sámos and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (both under construction by about 560 bc). | | | The campaign centered on the Acropolis and began with the Parthenon (447-432 bc). | | | The new Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (begun after the 6th-century temple on the same site was destroyed by fire in 356 bc) became known as one of the so-called Seven Wonders of the World for its monumental size and luxurious decoration. |
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| | 323 BC - encyclopedia article about 323 BC. |
| | Battle of Crannon, Antipater and Craterus crush the Athenians in the Lamian War. | | | Following the death of Alexander the Great, his empire disintegrates as his generals fight each other for control in a war that lasts for decades. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Alexander IV of Macedon - Pictures |
| | Perdiccas, between 323 BC and his murder in June, 321 BC. | | | Between 316 BC and 309 BC the Regent Cassander held the young King Alexander as a prisoner. | | | By 309 BC Cassander had established his power over Macedonia, but as Alexander came closer to adulthood, some people loyal to the Royal house still looked forward to his becoming King in more than name. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Greek Art and Architecture |
| | After the conquests of Alexander the Great from 334 to 323 bc, the Greek world encompassed vast lands and peoples that were mostly non-Greek. | | | Polyclitus wrote a book outlining his theories and, about 440 bc, made a bronze statue of a nude Doryphorus (Spear-bearer) to illustrate them. | | | From the 4th century bc on, portraits of historical persons also became commonplace. |
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| | Antigonus I Monophthalmus |
| | With Antigonus's death in battle against them at Ipsus in 301 BC, his plans of reuniting Alexander's Empire came to an end. | | | Upon the death of Alexander in 323 BC, he established himself and his family as one of the successor dynasties, the Antigonid dynasty, along with the Seleucids and Ptolemies. | | | He declared himself King in 306 BC, claiming power over the whole of Alexander's empire. |
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| | Alexander |
| | Alexander was born in 356 BC at Pella, the capital of Macedon, a kingdom north of Hellas (Greece). | | | He died at Babylon on June 13, 323 BC. | | | He found him dying, murdered by one of his attendants. |
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| | Biographies: Philosophers: Diogenes (BC, c412-323). |
| | Diogenes, on coming to Athens from his native lands, Sinope, came as "a rake and spendthrift." After following under the spell of Antisthenes, Diogenes "became at once an austere ascetic, his clothing of the coarsest, his food the plainest, and his bed the bare ground. | | | The sect, known as the cynics, was founded by Antisthenes (444-370 BC), a pupil of Socrates; it was "marked by an ostentatious contempt for ease, wealth, and the enjoyments of life." Diogenes was a pupil of Antisthenes. | | | (356-323 BC) met Diogenes, then a very old man. The powerful young conqueror, being solicitous of the old philosopher, asked what, if anything he could do for him. |
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| | By 82 B.C., however, the state had degenerated and Lucius Sulla emerged as dictator who ruled in conjunction with the Senate. | | | By 44 B.C. he had become sole ruler of Rome, but was murdered by a group of conspirators who hoped to revive the old Roman Republic. | | | : Plato (427-347 B.C.) is an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who based his ethical philosophy on the premise that all people desire happiness, the natural consequence of a healthy soul. |
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| | 323 BC FACTS AND INFORMATION |
| | 328_BC 327_BC 326_BC 325_BC 324_BC - 323 BC - 322_BC 321_BC 320_BC 319_BC 318_BC | | | After a dispute with the infantry led by Meleager, the cavalry general Perdiccas becomes Regent of the Empire. |
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| | 323 BC |
| | Ptolemaic dynasty - Pharaonic reign in ancient Egypt that lasted for a period of 297 years, from 323 BC until 30 BC, until it was ended by Roman annexation. | | | Steve Bogdanoff - Bogdanoff's work is influenced by ancient Greek art; wall murals from the Greek Bronze Age and Greek pottery, c.3100-323 BC. |
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| | Late Classical (c. 400-323 BC) (from painting, Western) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Extensive information on Athenian society, economy, politics, and culture in the 5th century BC. | | | In about 1000 BC, in Byblos and other Phoenician and Canaanite centers, the sign was given a linear form (3), the source of all later forms. | | | The letter C may have started as a picture sign of a throwing stick, as in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing (1) and in a very early Semitic writing used in about 1500 BC on the Sinai Peninsula (2). |
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| | OUP: Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 BC: Rhodes |
| | The texts chosen illuminate not only the mainstream of Greek political and military history, but also institutional, social, economic, and religious life. | | | Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 BC Edited by P. | | | It provides an up-to-date selection - with introduction, Greek texts, English translations, and commentaries which cater for the needs of today's students - of inscriptions which are important for the study of Greek history in the fourth century BC. |
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| | Alexander 334-323 Bc: Conquest of the Persian Empire (Campaign Series 7) Review and price |
| | We need to re-evaluate our views that for a book to be "accurate" it has to be visually dull, especially in the computer age we live in where we can with hyperlinks go to an entire world of background information from all walks of life on any given subject. | | | Armies of the Carthaginian Wars 265-146 BC (Men at Arms Series, 121) | | | Alexander 334-323 BC: Conquest of the Persian Empire (Campaign Series 7) by John Warry is one of the best of the Osprey Campaign Series. |
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| | Alexander the Great |
| | In 323 BC he died in Babylon after he had conquered the whole Persian empire including westernmost India. | | | The 7th April 331 BC is the official date of the founding of Alexandria. | | | 334 BC he entered Asia by crossing the Hellespont and arrived in Egypt 332 BC. |
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| | Ancient Greek Wars |
| | The Age of Fable - The Trojan War - chapters 27 and 28 from Bulfinch's Mythology. | | | The Peloponnesian War (431 - 404 B.C) - war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. | | | Trojan War - legendary conflict between the early Greeks and the people of Troy in western Anatolia, dated by later Greek authors to the 12th or 13th century BC. |
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