The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world through Hellenization.

This kingdom started in 167 B.C., when Jewish inhabitants of the area rose up against the Seleucid Empire and succeeded in taking over parts of it. During the first century B.C., the Roman Republic ...

The Seleucid Empire, which the Maccabees fought in the 2nd century BCE, was Syrian-Greek, with its capital in what is now modern Syria. Then, as now, the region was a battleground for oppression ...

It was just a minor skirmish, hardly worth a mention. In a small village in one of the Seleucid (Syrian-Greek) Empire’s more remote provinces, a local priest refused to obey the local ...

The Jordan Valley area where the coins were discovered was ruled by the Hasmoneans following a successful revolt against the Seleucid dynasty. The descendants of the family of King Alexander ...

TEHRAN - The Fars province’s sole-surviving Parthian-era stone relief has recently been restored to preserve its historical ...

Unlike the Maccabees, whose campaign against the Seleucid Empire also included massacring scores of fellow Jews and other countrymen along the way, Judith achieved victory with no collateral damage.

The Jordan Valley area where the coins were discovered was ruled by the Hasmoneans following a successful revolt against the Seleucid dynasty. The descendants of the family of King Alexander Jannaeus ...