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| 323 BC |
| | In the carve up of Alexander the Great's empire, Ptolemy wins Egypt and founds the Ptolemaic dynasty – with himself as the pharaoh Ptolemy I | |
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| 323 BC |
| | Ptolemy manages to acquire Alexander the Great's corpse, to lend authority to his rule in Egypt | |
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| 323 BC |
| | Seleucus wins control of a vast area, comprising the eastern part of Alexander's empire from the Mediterranean to India | |
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| 322 BC |
| | Alexander's corpse, hijacked by Ptolemy, becomes a sacred relic in Alexandria | |
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| 317 BC |
| | Philip III is killed on the orders of Olympias, the mother of Alexander | |
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| c. 310 BC |
| | Alexander IV and his mother Roxana are murdered by order of Cassander (by now the self-proclaimed king of Macedonia) | |
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| 301 BC |
| | Some 20 years after the death of Alexander the Great one of his generals, Ptolemy, extends his rule from Egypt to include Jerusalem | |
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| c. 300 BC |
| | Phoenicia is brought into the new Hellenistic empire, changing hands frequently between contending successors of Alexander | |
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| 64 BC |
| | The Seleucid dynasty ends when Syria, the last remnant ruled by his family, falls to the Romans | |
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| 30 BC |
| | Cleopatra commits suicide, applying a poisonous asp to her breast, | |
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