Alexander’s divided empire

The conqueror dies,
and his commanders divide the kingdoms.

Follow the opening struggles of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms without presenting Daniel’s interpretation as an ordinary historical label.

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Alexander’s successors322–306 BC · the Wars of the Successors lead to separate Hellenistic kingdoms

Successor period3618

Dated events

CY 3601 · Nisan 1154/1155 · about 323/322 BCThe Lamian War continues; Demosthenes dies CY 3602 · Nisan 1155/1156 · about 322/321 BCPerdiccas is killed; the empire is repartitioned CY 3603 · Nisan 1156/1157 · about 321/320 BCPtolemy secures Phoenicia and Judea CY 3604 · Nisan 1157/1158 · about 320/319 BCAntipater dies; the successor struggle widens CY 3605 · Nisan 1158/1159 · about 319/318 BCCassander secures Athens CY 3606 · Nisan 1159/1160 · about 318/317 BCPhilip Arrhidaeus is executed CY 3607 · Nisan 1160/1161 · about 317/316 BCOlympias and Eumenes are executed CY 3608 · Nisan 1161/1162 · about 316/315 BCSeleucus is driven from Babylon CY 3609 · Nisan 1162/1163 · about 315/314 BCAntigonus besieges Tyre CY 3610 · Nisan 1163/1164 · about 314/313 BCPtolemy suppresses rebellion in Cyprus CY 3611 · Nisan 1164/1165 · about 313/312 BCBattle of Gaza; the Seleucid era begins CY 3612 · Nisan 1165/1166 · about 312/311 BCThe Peace of the Diadochi is concluded CY 3613 · Nisan 1166/1167 · about 311/310 BCAlexander IV is murdered CY 3614 · Nisan 1167/1168 · about 310/309 BCHeracles is murdered CY 3615 · Nisan 1168/1169 · about 309/308 BCPtolemy campaigns in the Aegean and Greece CY 3616 · Nisan 1169/1170 · about 308/307 BCDemetrius takes Athens CY 3617 · Nisan 1170/1171 · about 307/306 BCAntigonus and Demetrius claim kingship CY 3618 · Nisan 1171/1172 · 305 BCPtolemy I begins to reign as king CY 3618 · Nisan 1171/1172 · 305 BCSeleucus I begins to reign as king CY 3622 · Nisan 1175/1176 · about 301 BCJudea comes under Ptolemaic rule CY 3641 · Nisan 1194/1195 · 282 BCPtolemy II begins to reign CY 3642 · Nisan 1195/1196 · 281 BCAntiochus I begins to reign

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Alexander’s successors

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Egypt and Syria

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Judea between kingdoms

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