Alexander of Macedon conquered the Achaemenid Empire between 334 and 330 BCE. After his death in 323 BCE most of Iran passed to Seleucus and his heirs, who ruled until the Parthians took the plateau in the second century BCE.
| Period | 330–141 BCE |
|---|---|
| Covers | Macedonian rule over Iran and the Hellenistic age |
Pages in this era
- Alexander the Great in Iran
- Spitamenes and the Revolt of Bactria and Sogdiana
- Roxana and the Mass Weddings at Susa
- Alexander’s Death and the Wars of the Successors in Iran
- The Battles of Paraitakene and Gabiene
- Seleucus I Nicator and the Seleucid Empire
- Iran under the Seleucids
- The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Antiochus III’s Eastern Anabasis
- The Fratarakas: Local Rulers of Persis
- Greek Culture in Iran
- How the Seleucids Lost Iran
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