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Map highlighting the extent of the Seleucid Empire in orange, spanning from the eastern Mediterranean coast through Mesopotamia and into parts of Central and South Asia. Surrounding regions, including Europe, Africa, and major bodies of water like the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Red Sea, are labeled for geographic context. A small locator globe in the top left shows the empire's position within Eurasia.

Map of the Hellenistic world around 188 BCE, showing the territories of the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, and Antigonid kingdoms, as well as independent Greek states, Hellenized non-Greek kingdoms, and independent territories. The map covers the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, the Near East, and parts of Central Asia, with major cities and regions labeled.

Map showing Mesopotamia and surrounding regions during Seleucid-Parthian times, overlaid with modern political boundaries and country names. Ancient regions such as Osroene, Adiabene, Gordyene, and Characene are labeled in red, while major rivers like the Tigris and Euphrates and key cities such as Babylon, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon are marked within the present-day Middle East, including Iraq, Syria, Iran, and neighboring countries.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Livius - Seleucids.	Emily Rodriguez	Aug 27, 2026
	Add new Web site: Oxford University Research Archive - The Seleucid Era and Early Hellenistic Imperialism (PDF).	Grace Young	Nov 20, 2025
	Add new Web site: UCLA Pourdavoud Institute - Towards and Intellectual History of the Seleucid Empire?	Gloria Lotha	Jan 15, 2025
	Add new Web site: The Met - The Seleucid Empire (323?64 B.C.).	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 06, 2023
	Add new Web site: Livius - Seleucids.	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 10, 2023
	Map added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 2023
	Add new Web site: Academia - Seleucid Empire.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 22, 2023
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Seleucid Empire.	Gloria Lotha	May 10, 2023
	Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Rise and Demise of the Seleucid Empire.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 31, 2023
	Add new Web site: Iran Chamber Society - History of Iran: Seleucid Empire.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Seleucid empire.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 21, 2022
	Add new Web site: The History Files - Seleucid (Hellenic) Empire.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 16, 2022
	Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire.	Emily Rodriguez	Aug 31, 2022
	Changed article title from "Seleucid kingdom" to "Seleucid empire."	Adam Augustyn	Apr 01, 2019
	Added new Web site: CHN Web - Seleucid Kingdom.	Dutta Promeet	Dec 18, 2008
	Added new Web site: Historyofmacedonia.org - History of the Syrian Kingdom of the Seleucidae.	Dutta Promeet	Dec 18, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	Anita Wolff	May 24, 2007
	Article revised and updated.	Amy Tikkanen	May 24, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998