Achaemenid Syria

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Achaemenid Syria
Province of Achaemenid Empire

Assyria in the Achaemenid Empire, 500 BCE.
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Macedonian Empire

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]

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  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.

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