HIST 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Zoroastrianism, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Indus River
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By 300 bc had massive empire, almost size of achaemenid persian. Massive inter-kingdom marriages married noble persian wife (create hybrid. After twenty years, seleucus = only one to have held onto persian wife. Added little mile markers: proof that they used them often. Religious tolerance and respect for local cultural traditions (apart from revolt of the. Local administrators and official languages: greek and aramaic. The seleucid kings and near eastern religious traditions. A(cid:290)tiochos i"s i(cid:290)sc(cid:325)iptio(cid:290) at bo(cid:325)sippa (cid:883)(cid:290)ea(cid:325) bab(cid:369)lo(cid:290)(cid:884): (cid:907)the g(cid:325)eat ki(cid:290)g(cid:908) co(cid:289)pa(cid:325)iso(cid:290) to c(cid:369)(cid:325)us the great. Co(cid:289)pa(cid:325)ed (cid:363)ith nebuchad(cid:290)ezza(cid:325) ii"s i(cid:290)sc(cid:325)iptio(cid:290) at bo(cid:325)sippa. Babyloniaka: book on babylonian history, written in greek, addressed to. Seleucid king (trying to correct negative greek views of babylonians) Reception in greek world (successfully hellenized himself) Anu-uballit (babylonian name) aka kephalon (greek name): governor of uruk (old. Seleucid king grants him greek name (raising his prestige) Worshipper of babylonian gods, speaks babylonians (spends most of his life living as babylonian man)
