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The Diadochi fought over and carved up Alexander's empire into several kingdoms after his death, a legacy which reigned on and continued the influence of ancient Greek culture abroad for over 300 more years. This map depicts the kingdoms of the Diadochi c. 301 BC, after the Battle of Ipsus. The five kingdoms of the Diadochi were:
The Wars of the Diadochi (Ancient Greek: Πόλεμοι τῶν Διαδόχων, romanized: Pólemoi tōn Diadóchōn, lit. War of the Crown Princes) or Wars of Alexander's Successors were a series of conflicts fought between the generals of Alexander the Great, known as the Diadochi, over who would rule his empire following his death.
The successor kingdoms before the battle of Ipsus, 303 BC. In 306, Antigonus attempted to invade Egypt, but storms prevented Demetrius's fleet from supplying him, and he was forced to return home.
Attalid kingdom (282 BC–133 BC) Kingdom of Bithynia (297 BC–63 BC) Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC) Ptolemaic Kingdom (305–30 BC) Bosporan Kingdom (438 BC– 370 AD) Kingdom of Pontus (302–64 BC): ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty of Persian origin, [3] [4] [5] the kingdom was Hellenized in culture, [4] and with Greek being the official ...
Seleucid Kingdom in 87 BC. By 100 BC, the once-formidable Seleucid Empire encompassed little more than Antioch and some Syrian cities. Despite the clear collapse of their power, and the decline of their kingdom around them, nobles continued to play kingmakers on a regular basis, with occasional intervention from Ptolemaic Egypt and other ...
Map of the Roman Empire (red) and the new barbarian kingdoms in the west in 460 The second stage in the formation of the barbarian kingdoms was the imperial acceptance of the status quo . The Roman government at no point saw the existence of semi-autonomous barbarian-controlled territories as desirable, but began to tolerate them through the ...
The division of the Mongol Empire began after Möngke Khan died in 1259 in the siege of Diaoyu Castle with no declared successor, precipitating infighting between members of the Tolui family line for the title of khagan that escalated into the Toluid Civil War.
Early in the Third Age, the northern kingdom of Arnor founded by Elendil occupied a large part of the region. After its collapse, much of Eriador became wild; regions such as Minhiriath, on the coast south of the River Baranduin (Brandywine), were abandoned.