Seleucid Empire |
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The empire at its greatest extent and on the eve of the death of Seleucus I, 281 BC |
Capital | Seleucia (305–240 BC) Antioch (240–63 BC) |
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Common languages | Greek(official) Persian Aramaic |
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Religion | Olympianism Babylonian religion Zoroastrianism |
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Government | Monarchy |
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• 305–281 BC | Seleucus I (first) |
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• 65–63 BC | Philip II (last) |
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Historical era | Hellenistic period |
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• | 312 BC |
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| 301 BC |
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| 192–188 BC |
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| 188 BC |
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| 167–160 BC |
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• | 63 BC |
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The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic (or Ancient Greek) successor state of Alexander the Great's empire. At its greatest extent, the Empire covered central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, Turkmenistan, Pamir and the Indus Valley.
Primarily, it was the successor to the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, and was followed there by the Islamic Caliphate (Rashidun Empire) conquest and rule, from 650s to 660s AD. Later on, much of this area became part of the Umayyad Empire and then the Abbasid Empire.