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Conflict Middle East

Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid)

274 BCE – 168 BCE · 106 years

Six wars fought between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid successor kingdoms for control of Coele-Syria (modern Lebanon, Israel, and western Syria). The conflict drained both empires and ultimately left the region vulnerable to Roman expansion.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ptolemaic Egypt
  • Seleucid Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid).

  1. 217 BC Battle of Raphia
  2. 200 BC Battle of Panium
  3. 190 BC Battle of Magnesia

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Palmyra

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Parthian Empire

246 BCE – 300 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Jerash

200 BCE – 749 CE

Polity · Middle East

Parthia

Attested 200 BCE – 100 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Arabs

Attested 200 BCE – 1500 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 274 BCE and 168 BCE.

200 BCE Palmyra 200 BCE Jerash 267 BCE Chremonidean War 264 BCE Punic Wars 262 BCE Kalinga War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Colossus of Rhodes Landmark · Europe 282 BCE – 226 BCE Saka Kingdom Polity · South Asia 199 BCE – 400 CE Silk Road Trade route · East Asia 200 BCE – 1450 CE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Teotihuacan Landmark · Americas 200 BCE – still standing
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