Hellenistic
333–168 BCE · 2 snapshots
Watch the boundaries of biblical-era polities shift across a draggable timeline. Click any place to see its affiliation in all 13 periods, scriptural references and archaeology notes.
Snapshots
Diadochi Partition: Ptolemy and Seleucus
301 BCE
Alexander's empire is divided and Palestine first falls to Ptolemaic Egypt; Greek civic institutions and language gradually enter Judah.
- King of EgyptPtolemy I
- King of SyriaSeleucus I
- Scripture
- Dan 8:1-14; 11:1-4; Zech 9:13
- Archaeology & dating
- Early Hellenistic period (c. 332-200 BCE); Hellenistic city foundations and pottery
Battle of Panium and Seleucid Control of Palestine
199 BCE
After the Battle of Panium the Seleucids take Palestine, and Judah passes from the Ptolemies to Antiochus III.
- Seleucid KingAntiochus III
- Ptolemaic KingPtolemy V
- Scripture
- Dan 11:13-20; Josephus, Antiquities 12.3
- Archaeology & dating
- Hellenistic period; the Battle of Panium (c. 200 BCE) and Hellenistic strata
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Boundaries are schematic approximations, not survey-grade geography. This is a historical-geography study tool and takes no position on matters of faith.