Achaemenid Syria Explained

Common Name:	Syria
Subdivision:	Province
Nation:	Achaemenid Empire
Image Map Caption:	Assyria in the Achaemenid Empire, 500 BCE.
P1:	Neo-Babylonian Empire
Flag P1:	Nebukadnessar II.jpg
S1:	Macedonian Empire
Flag S1:	Vergina_sun.svg

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]

Sources

• Moorey . P. R. . 2002 . Novelty and tradition in Achaemenid Syria: The case of the clay 'Astarte plaques' . Iranica Antiqua . 37 . 203–218 . 10.2143/IA.37.0.123.
• Book: Hoglund, K. G. . 1991 . Achaemenid imperial administration in Syria-Palestine and the missions of Ezra and Nehemiah . Scholars Press . 9781555404574 .

Notes and References

1. Kholod . M. М. . 2021 . The Administration of Syria under Alexander the Great . Klio . 103 . 2 . 505–537. 10.1515/klio-2021-0005 . 244119033 . free .