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Seleucid empire, colonization and settlement

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AbstractAt its height during the reign of Antiochos III (223–188BCE), the Seleucid empire spanned most of the Near East from western Asia Minor to Afghanistan, and Armenia to Palestine, covering for the most part areas previously conquered by Alexander the Great. The Seleucid royal family was of Macedonian origin on its paternal side, Iranian on the maternal and exercised control of the empire by grafting Hellenistic forms of organization onto pre‐existing Near Eastern systems. As such, the introduction of new settlements and Greek‐style cities was an integral part of Seleucid imperial rule.
Title: Seleucid empire, colonization and settlement
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AbstractAt its height during the reign of Antiochos III (223–188BCE), the Seleucid empire spanned most of the Near East from western Asia Minor to Afghanistan, and Armenia to Palestine, covering for the most part areas previously conquered by Alexander the Great.
The Seleucid royal family was of Macedonian origin on its paternal side, Iranian on the maternal and exercised control of the empire by grafting Hellenistic forms of organization onto pre‐existing Near Eastern systems.
As such, the introduction of new settlements and Greek‐style cities was an integral part of Seleucid imperial rule.

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