Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each successor kingdom to its description.
- Ptolemaic
- Seleucid
- Antigonid
- Mesopotamia to Iran, largest and hardest to hold
- Egypt, richest and most defensible, lasted until Cleopatra
- Macedon and Greece, the old homeland
Hints
- Each successor took a different kind of territory.
- One took a defensible region with exceptional agriculture.
Show the answer
- Ptolemaic → Egypt, richest and most defensible, lasted until Cleopatra
- Seleucid → Mesopotamia to Iran, largest and hardest to hold
- Antigonid → Macedon and Greece, the old homeland
Why
Ptolemy chose best: Egypt is a fortress with one land approach and the richest agriculture in the ancient world. The Seleucids inherited the most territory and spent three centuries watching it peel away.
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