165 BC

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Heads of State

Year of the Fire Rat丙子( at the beginning of the year Wood Pig乙亥)

Syria: 147/148 ( year in October )

Events

• Revolt of the Maccabees against the kingdom of the Seleucids. The uprising is successful and leads to the founding of the Jewish kingdom of the Hasmoneans.

• ( to ) Menander is ruler of the Indo- Greek kingdom.

• Year (2nd century BC)
• 165 BC