Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
256 BCE–120 BCE* · Event
Diodotus breaks away from the Seleucids and founds a Greek kingdom in Bactria (northern Afghanistan) that outlives Greek rule in Persia by centuries.
On these timelines: The Silk Road & the Steppe, Master, Alexander the Great's Conquests, Ancient Greece, Persia and Iran
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Around 256 BCE
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