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The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C. )
After the death of Alexander III of Macedon in 323 B.C., the territories he had conquered were divided between his generals, the so-called Diadochi. Alexander's friend Seleucus Nicator (r. 312–280 B.C. ) became king of the eastern provinces—approximately modern Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, together with parts of Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The huge kingdom had two capitals, which Seleucus founded in around 300 B.C.: Antioch in Syria and Seleucia in Mesopotamia (Iraq). Seleucus established a dynasty that lasted for two centuries, during which time Hellenistic art, a fusion of Greek and Near Eastern artistic traditions, developed and flourished.
The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C.) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art a fusion of greek and near eastern artistic traditions, developed and flourished. the leader of the jewish forces, judah, known as the maccabee ("hammer"), captured the temple, and eventually drove the seleucids out of palestine.... related... timelines (4)... anatolia and the caucasus (asia minor), 1000 b.c.–1 a.d. iran, 1000 b.c.–1 a.d. mesopotamia, 1000 b.c.–1 a.d. the eastern mediterranean, 1000 b.c.–1 a.d. ...
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Associated subjects: parthian empire (+), hellenistic art (+), alexander iii of macedon (+), rome (+), augustus (+), seleucid dynasty (+), hellenistic art and culture (+), alexander of macedon (+), achaemenid persian empire (+), sasanian armies (+), boscoreale (+), symposia (+), roman imperial period (+), africans (+), country villas (+), alexander the great (+), jewelry (+), asian art (+), greek gods (+), copies of earlier greek statues (+), popular (+), sahri-bahlol workshop (+)
The Parthian Empire (247 B.C.–224 A.D.) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum o along the trade routes that linked ancient and newly established cities, hellenistic art and culture, a fusion of the various near eastern and classical greek traditions, permeated the near eastern world. ... while in the west the seleucids faced the ptolemies, alexander's successors in egypt, in the east, a seminomadic confederacy, the parni, were on the move. from the northeast of iran they advanced toward the frontier of the seleucid satrapy (administrative district) of parthia, near the caspian sea.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/part/hd_part.htm [929 words]
Torso of a Bodhisattva ¦ Sahri-Bahlol Workshop ¦ Highlights ¦ Asian Art ¦ Collection Database ¦ Works of Art ¦ The Metro gallery label strategically located along the crossroads from the mediterranean through ancient bactria to northern india and china via central asia, gandhara was of tremendous military and commercial significance. throughout its early history it attracted many different figures and peoples—among them, alexander the great, the seleucids, scythians, bactrians, sogdians, indians, romans, and sassanians—all of whom in varying degrees left their cultural imprint on the region. under the kushans, a nomadic people of scythian origin (or who merged with the scythians), gandhara achieved its greatest glory.
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/torso_of_a_bodhisattva_sahri_bahlol_workshop/objectview.as [317 words]
Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metr aphrodite or venus eros or cupid herakles or hercules interior portrait sculpture from africa and egypt portrait sculpture from the balkan peninsula portrait sculpture from the italian peninsula ... share... | more ... alexander's generals, known as the diadochoi, that is, "successors," divided the many lands of his empire into kingdoms of their own. new hellenistic dynasties emerged—the seleucids in the near east, the ptolemies in egypt ( 2002.66 ), and the antigonids in macedonia. however, some greek city-states asserted their independence through alliances. the most important of such alliances between several city-
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