article: Seleucid Empire
links: Thrace Maccabean Revolt Zoroastrianism Persian Empire Caliphate Achaemenid Empire Anatolia Ancient Greek Abbasid Empire Umayyad Empire Levant Antioch Pamir Mountains Seleucus I Nicator Aramaic Rashidun Empire Elephant Alexander the Great Hellenistic period Hellenistic civilization Ptolemaic Dynasty Macedonia Persian language Syria Islamic Turkmenistan Greek language Indus Mesopotamia