ONLINE
ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- 1803, in reference to dynasty founded in Syria 312 B.C.E. by Seleucus Nicator, general of Alexander. It lasted until 65 B.C.E. The Seleucidan Era, a local reckoning in the East (maintained by Syrian Christians) usually is dated to Sept. 1, 312 B.C.E.
WIKIPEDIA
The Seleucid
Empire (
/sɨˈluːsɪd/;
from Greek:
Σελεύκεια, Seleύkeia)
was a Greek-Macedonian
state created by Seleucus
I Nicator following the carve up of the empire created by
Alexander
the Great following his death.[4][5][6][7]
Seleucus received Babylonia
and from there expand his dominions to include much of Alexander's
near eastern
territories. At the height of its power, it included central
Anatolia, the
Levant,
Mesopotamia,
Persia,
Turkmenistan,
Pamir,
Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
/sɨˈluːsɪd/;
from Greek:
Σελεύκεια, Seleύkeia)
was a Greek-Macedonian
state created by Seleucus
I Nicator following the carve up of the empire created by
Alexander
the Great following his death.[4][5][6][7]
Seleucus received Babylonia
and from there expand his dominions to include much of Alexander's
near eastern
territories. At the height of its power, it included central
Anatolia, the
Levant,
Mesopotamia,
Persia,
Turkmenistan,
Pamir,
Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
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