Description: A map of western Asia showing the partition of the empire established by Alexander the Great after his death (323 BC). Four empires arose, ruled by Lysimachus, Cassander, Seleucus Nicator, and Ptolemy Soter. Lysimachus held Thrace and the western part of Asia Minor, Cassander governed Macedonia Greece, Seleucus Nictor ruled Syria and the countries eastward to the Indus, and Ptolemy ruled over Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, and the southern coast of Anatolia.
Place Names: Regional Miscellaneous, Africa, Asia, Europ
ISO Topic Categories: physical, political, kWorldMedSea, kWorldAfroAsia, kWorldEurasia
Keywords: Breakup of the Empire of Alexander, physical, political, physical features, major political subdivisions, physical, political, kWorldMedSea, kWorldAfroAsia, kWorldEurasia, Unknown, 300 BC
Source: H. G. Wells, The Outline of History (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1921) 335
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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