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Hellenistic Palestine

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Hellenistic Syria is a term used to discuss the history of the region of Syria during its Hellenistic period from 333 BCE to 63 BCE, when Achaemenid Syria was conquered by Alexander the Great and subsumed into his growing Macedonian empire. It includes the history of Hellenistic Judea, which may have still been a province among others, as well as what some scholars refer to as the Land of Israel (Judea, Samaria and the Galilee) though the written material on the provincial organization for this period is scant. Numismatic evidence shows that there were several important poleis that served as important centers under Achaemenid rule and retained minting rights under Hellenistic rule. These include the coastal centers of Ascalon, Gaza, and Ptolemais, as well as to a lesser degree, Demetrius-by-the-sea (possibly the same as Strato's Tower), and for very local use and distribution Jerusalem, and Samaria.