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Achaemenid Syria was the portion of the Near East known in antiquity as Syria and governed under the Persian Achaemenid Empire as the Satrapy of Eber-Nari. Recorded Achaemenid satraps of Syria included Megabyzus, Belesys I and Belesys II. The administrative convention of governing the Persian region of Syria as a satrapy also continued under Macedonian rule following the conquests of Alexander the Great. [1]
- ^ Kholod, M. М. (2021). "The Administration of Syria under Alexander the Great". Klio. 103 (2): 505–537. doi: 10.1515/klio-2021-0005. S2CID 244119033.
- Moorey, P. R. (2002). "Novelty and tradition in Achaemenid Syria: The case of the clay 'Astarte plaques'". Iranica Antiqua. 37: 203–218. doi: 10.2143/IA.37.0.123.
- Hoglund, K. G. (1991). Achaemenid imperial administration in Syria-Palestine and the missions of Ezra and Nehemiah. Scholars Press. ISBN 9781555404574.
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Assyria in the Achaemenid Empire, 500 BCE. | |||||||||
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Achaemenid Syria was the portion of the Near East known in antiquity as Syria and governed under the Persian Achaemenid Empire as the Satrapy of Eber-Nari. Recorded Achaemenid satraps of Syria included Megabyzus, Belesys I and Belesys II. The administrative convention of governing the Persian region of Syria as a satrapy also continued under Macedonian rule following the conquests of Alexander the Great. [1]
- ^ Kholod, M. М. (2021). "The Administration of Syria under Alexander the Great". Klio. 103 (2): 505–537. doi: 10.1515/klio-2021-0005. S2CID 244119033.
- Moorey, P. R. (2002). "Novelty and tradition in Achaemenid Syria: The case of the clay 'Astarte plaques'". Iranica Antiqua. 37: 203–218. doi: 10.2143/IA.37.0.123.
- Hoglund, K. G. (1991). Achaemenid imperial administration in Syria-Palestine and the missions of Ezra and Nehemiah. Scholars Press. ISBN 9781555404574.
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