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battleground Judaea
Seleucids versus Ptolemies
Antiochus IV “Epiphanes,” r. 175-163 B.C.
Maccabean Revolt, 165-128 B.C.
Hasmonean Dynasty, c. 164-63 B.C.
Jewish communities in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia
Minor, Macedonia, Greece
The Hellenistic World
Social elite of Greeks
Economic boom
access to agricultural wealth
of Egypt
shift of manufacturing
centers to the East
commercial expansion
• new infrastructure
• standard coinage
The Hellenistic World