The Yuezhi tribes of Central Asia, who had pushed the Shakas into the Indian subcontinent, were the last to make their way ...

When the JTA visited the city last year, 14 Jews remained in a community that has stood for centuries, stretching back to the days of the Seleucid Empire. The city’s namesake, Antiochus ...

At the time, Parthia was a satrapy (province) under Andragoras, a rebel against the Seleucid Empire. Under Mithridates I (r. c. 171–132 BC), the empire significantly expanded, seizing Media and ...