The Melammu Project

The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

Seleucid empire = Syria (1)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Designation of the Seleucid Empire as Syria/Assyria 12 Assyrian Identity 12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times 12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources 12.02.03.04 Designation of the Seleucid Empire as Syria/Assyria	Keywords Seleucid Empire Syria
Period Hellenistic Empires	Channel Apocrypha

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1 Maccabees 9.11:
[In 160 BCE] the [Syrian] army [of King Demetrius son of Seleucus] left its camp and took up position to meet the Jews.

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1 Maccabees 9.11

Simo Parpola

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