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Encyclopedia - Diadochi: Encyclopedia Ii - Diadochi - Death Of Alexander 323 Bc
When Alexander the Great died (June 10, 323 BC), he left behind a huge empire which was composed of many essentially independent territor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - The Partition Of Alexander's Empire 323-281 Bc
Alexander the Great had conquered the Persian Empire within a short time-frame and died young, leaving an expansive empire of partly Hell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire was one of several political states founded after the death of Alexander the Great, whose generals squabbled over th...   » Read the article

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Encyclopedia - 4th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 4th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 4th century BC - Overview. 4th century BC - Events. Invasion of the Celts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigonus I Monophthalmus: Encyclopedia - Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Cyclops or Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed", so called from his having lost an eye) (382 BC - 301 BC) was a Macedonian nobleman,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colossus Of Rhodes: Encyclopedia - Colossus Of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of the god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos in the 3rd century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigonus Ii Gonatas: Encyclopedia - Antigonus Ii Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas (c. 319 BC—239 BC) was a powerful ruler who definitely established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great
Alexander the Great (in Greek Μέγας Αλέξανδρος, transliterated Megas Alexandros; born in Pella, Macedon, in July, 356 BC, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antiochus I Soter: Encyclopedia - Antiochus I Soter
Antiochus I Soter (i.e. "Saviour") (324/​323-​262/​261 BC), was an emperor of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Omni: Encyclopedia - Book Of Omni
The Book of Omni is one of the books that make up the Book of Mormon. The book contains only one chapter although it covers more than tw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - The Partition Of Alexander's Empire 323-281 Bc
Alexander the Great had conquered the Persian Empire within a short time-frame and died young, leaving an expansive empire of partly Hell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diadochi: Encyclopedia Ii - Diadochi - Wars Of The Diadochi 322-301 Bc
Diadochi - First War of the Diadochi 322-320 BC. Soon, however, conflict broke out. Perdiccas's marriage to Alexander's sister Cleopatr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diadochi: Encyclopedia Ii - Diadochi - The Struggle Of Lysimachus And Seleucus 285-281 Bc
Although Lysimachus and Pyrrhus had cooperated in driving Antigonus Gonatas from Thessaly and Athens, in the wake of Demetrius's capture ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diadochi: Encyclopedia Ii - Diadochi - The Struggle Over Macedon 298-285 Bc
The events of the next decade and a half were centered around various intrigues for control of Macedon itself. Cassander died in 298 BC, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diadochi: Encyclopedia Ii - Diadochi - The Gallic Invasions And Consolidation 280 - 275
Ptolemy Ceraunus was also not to enjoy the rule of Macedon for very long. The death of Lysimachus had left the Danube border of the Maced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - A Brief History Of Theologies
::Main article: History of theology Theology - Classical Greek theology c.700 BC to 323 BC. Various forms of systematic and philosophic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - History Of The Term
The word "Theology" is derived from Hellenistic Greek, but its meaning has changed significantly through its use in the European Christia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theology And Religions Other Than Christianity
In academic theological circles, there is some debate as to whether theology is an activity peculiar to the Christian religion. If so we ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theology And The Academy
Theology has a significantly problematic relationship to Academia that is not shared by any other subject. Most universities founded befo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theological Studies In Different Institutions
In Europe, the traditional places for the study of theology have been universities and seminaries. Typically the protestant state churche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Divisions Of Theology
Theology can be divided up in any number of ways. Many of these divisions have originated in the study of the Christian religion, althoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - The Power Of Rome And Renewed Disintegration
But Antiochus' glory was not to last for long. Following his erstwhile ally Philip's defeat at the hands of Rome in 197 BC, Antiochus now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Civil War And Further Decay
After the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid Empire became increasingly unstable. Frequent civil wars made central authority t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - In Modern Media
The Seleucid Empire is one of a number of factions in the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War. The Jewish revolt Maccabee who expelled the Seleu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - In Modern Media
The Seleucid Empire is one of a number of factions in the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War. The Jewish Maccabees, who expelled the Seleucid, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Collapse Of The Seleucid Empire
By 100 BC, the once formidable Seleucid Empire encompassed little more than Antioch and some Syrian cities. Despite the clear collapse of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - An Overextended Domain
Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids were proving difficult to assert control over. Seleu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucus I Nicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucus I Nicator - Early Career & Ascent To Power
Seleucus was the son of Antiochus, one of Philip's generals, and of Laodice. In 333 BC, as a young man of about twenty-three, he accompan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Eclipse And Revival
By the time Antiochus II's son Seleucus II Callinicus came to the throne around 246 BC, the Seleucids seemed to be at a low ebb indeed. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapolis - Hellenistic Era
Except for Damascus, the Decapolis cities were by and large founded during Judea's Hellenistic period, between the death of Alexander the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Film - Plot Summary
The film opens with the words 'fortune favours the bold' and blends into the death scene of Alexander in June of 323 BC. Mostly we, the v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - A Brief History Of Theologies
::Main article: History of theology Classical Greek theology (c.700 BC to 323 BC). Various forms of systematic and philosophical reflecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Periods
The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into three periods: the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic. As noted a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lamia City: Encyclopedia Ii - Lamia City - History
Although inhabited since the 5th millennium BC, the city was first mentioned after the earthquake of 424 BC, when it was an important Spa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankara - History
The region's vibrant history can be traced back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Kings Of Persia: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Kings Of Persia - Hellenistic Rulers
List of kings of Persia - Argead Dynasty 330–310 BC. Alexander of Macedon (Alexander the Great) (330 BC–323) Philip III Arrihadeus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colossus Of Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Colossus Of Rhodes - The Decision To Erect The Statue
Alexander the Great died at an early age in 323 BC without having had time to put into place any plans for his succession. Infighting bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek - Hellenistic Greek - Koiné
As Greeks colonized from Asia Minor to Egypt to the Middle East, the Greek language began to evolve into multiple dialects. Alexander the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigonus Ii Gonatas: Encyclopedia Ii - Antigonus Ii Gonatas - Birth And Family
Antigonus Gonatas was born around 319 BC, probably in Gonnoi in Thessaly. He was related to the most powerful of the Diadochi (the genera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greece - Hellenistic Greece
The Hellenistic period of Greek history begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends with the annexation of the Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Ascension Of The Kingdoms
In 334 BC, the rulers of Wei and Qi agreed to recognize each other as Kings (王), formalizing the independence of the states and the pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Death
On the afternoon of June 10 - 11, 323 BC, Alexander died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon. He was on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Hellenistic Conquests
The first major step in opening the Silk Road between the East and the West came with the expansion of Alexander the Great deep into Cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Death
On the afternoon of June 10 - 11, 323 BC, Alexander died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon. He was ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Hellenistic Conquests
The first major step in opening the Silk Road between the East and the West came with the expansion of Alexander the Great deep into Cent...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Taurus  : Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Taurus  
Taurus The bull; second sign of the zodiac, a constellation containing the Pleiades. In astrology a fixed earthy sign, the night house...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia - Theology
Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, "God", + λογος, logos, "word" or "reason"). It can also refer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hellenistic Civilization: Encyclopedia - Hellenistic Civilization
The term Hellenistic (derived from Ἕλλην Héllēn, the Greeks' traditional self-described ethnic name) was established by the Germa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigonus Ii Gonatas: Encyclopedia Ii - Antigonus Ii Gonatas - King Of Macedonia
Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Pyrrhus. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, Macedonia's Western neighbour, was a general of mercurial ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipater: Encyclopedia Ii - Antipater - Career Under Philip And Alexander
Nothing is known of his early career until 342 BC, when he was appointed by Philip to govern Macedon as his regent while the former left ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Society
The distinguishing features of ancient Greek society were the division between free and slave, the differing roles of men and women, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Hydaspes River: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Hydaspes River - Battle
The King of Hydaspes drew up on the left bank of the Hydaspes River, and was set to repel any crossings. The Hydaspes is deep and fast en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Sculpture
Sculpture is by far the most important surviving form of Ancient Greek art, although only a small fragment of Greek sculptural output has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankara - Attractions
Ankara - General attractions. Anıtkabir: Located on an imposing hill in the Anittepe quarter of the city stands the mausoleum of Musta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Period Of Conquests
Alexander the Great - The defeat of the Persian Empire. Alexander's army had crossed the Hellespont with about 40,000 soldiers---primar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euclid: Encyclopedia Ii - Euclid - The Elements
Although many of the results in Elements originated with earlier mathematicians, one of Euclid's accomplishments was to present them in a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylon: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylon - History
The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC short chr.), who made it the capita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Early Strife In The Three Jins, Qi, And Qin
In 371 BC, Marquess Wu of Wei passed away without specifying a successor, causing Wei to fall into an internal war of succession. After t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankara - Transportation
Esenboga International Airport, located in the north of the city, is the main airport of Ankara. The bus lines constitute the main means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigonus Ii Gonatas: Encyclopedia Ii - Antigonus Ii Gonatas - Demetrius's General
The fate of Antigonus Gonatas, now 18, was closely tied with that of his father Demetrius who escaped from the battle with 9.000 troops. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapolis - The Roman Decapolis
The Roman government wanted Roman culture to flourish in the farthest reaches of the empire, which at the time included eastern Palestine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - Some Prominent Civilizations Of Ancient History
Ancient history - Europe and the Mediterranean. Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Carthage Etruscans Hittites Phoenicia Anci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colossus Of Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Colossus Of Rhodes - The Colossus In Modern Times
There has been much debate as to whether to rebuild the Colossus. Those for it say it would boost tourism in Rhodes greatly, but those ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapolis - The Cities
The names of the traditional Ten Cities of the Decapolis come from the Roman historian Pliny the Elder (N.H. 5.16.74). They are: Gerasa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antigonus Ii Gonatas: Encyclopedia Ii - Antigonus Ii Gonatas - In The Wilderness
In 285 BC, Demetrius, worn down by his fruitless campaign, surrendered to Seleucus. At this point he wrote to son and his commanders in A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - Chronology
Ancient history - Prehistory. 10th millennium BC - invention of agriculture is the earliest given date for the beginning of Ancient Er...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colossus Of Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Colossus Of Rhodes - Construction And Fate
Ancient accounts (which differ to some degree) describe the structure as being built around several stone columns (or towers of blocks) o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Hydaspes River: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Hydaspes River - Prelude
After Alexander's defeat of the last remnants of the Achaemenid Empire under Bessus and Spitamenes in 328 BC, he started a new campaign v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The proximate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colossus Of Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Colossus Of Rhodes - The Myth
Many older illustrations (above) show the statue with one foot on either side of the harbour mouth with ships passing under it – ... th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylon: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylon - Archaeology Of Babylon
Historical knowledge of Babylon's topography is derived from classical writers, the inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar, and several excavatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Definition
Art historians generally define Ancient Greek art as the art produced in the Greek-speaking world from about 1000 BC to about 100 BC. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Early Life
Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirote princess Olympias. According to Plutarch (Alexander 3.1,3), Olympias wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Alexander's Marriages And Sexuality
Alexander's greatest emotional attachment is generally considered to have been to his companion, cavalry commander (chiliarchos) and prob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Origins
The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Balkan peninsula in several waves beginning in the late 3rd millennium BC, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Divisions Of Theology
Theology can be divided up in any number of ways. Many of these divisions have originated in the study of the Christian religion, althoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theological Studies In Different Institutions
In Europe, the traditional places for the study of theology have been universities and seminaries. Typically the protestant state churche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - History Of The Term
The word "Theology" is derived from Hellenistic Greek, but its meaning has changed significantly through its use in the European Christia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theology And Religions Other Than Christianity
In academic theological circles, there is some debate as to whether theology is an activity peculiar to the Christian religion. If so we ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theology And The Academy
Theology has a significantly problematic relationship to Academia that is not shared by any other subject. Most universities founded befo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Hellas
In the 8th century BC Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages which followed the fall of the Mycenaean civilization. Literacy had been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Social And Political Conflict
The Greek cities were originally monarchies, although many of them were very small and the term "King" (basileus) for their rulers is mis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Pottery
The Ancient Greeks made pottery for everyday use, not for display; the trophies won at games, such as the Panathenaic amphorae (wine deca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Architecture
Architecture (building executed to an aesthetically considered design) was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period (about ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Coin Design
Coins were invented in Lydia in the 7th century, but they were first extensively used by the Greeks, and the Greeks set the canon of coin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Survivals
Ancient Greek art has survived most successfully in the forms of sculpture and architecture, as well as in such minor arts as coin design...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Conquests Of Alexander
Philip was succeeded by his 20-year-old son Alexander, who immediately set out to carry out his father's plans. He travelled to Corinth w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Dominance Of Athens
The Persian Wars ushered in a century of Athenian dominance of Greek affairs. Athens was the unchallenged master of the sea, and also the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Spartan And Theban Dominance
The end of the Peloponnesian War left Sparta the master of Greece, but the narrow outlook of the Spartan warrior elite did not suit them ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Macedon
The Kingdom of Macedon was formed in the 7th century BC out of northern Greek tribes. They played little part in Greek politics before th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article