336--Darius Codomannus, last king of Persia. 332--Alexander the Great receives the submission of Egypt. 330--Persian Empire conquered by Alexander the Great 328--Ptolemy Soter establishes (Battle of Arbela.) the Greek kingdom of Egypt. 323--Alexander the Great dies at Babylon. 301--Alexander's empire divided among his four generals Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander, 300 Lysimachus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 286--The Alexandrian library and Museum began by King Ptolemy II., Philadelphus. 247-225--Reign of Ptolemy Euergetes, ablest and most powerful of the Ptolemies. 200 205-182--Reign of Ptolemy V. Epiphanes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 187--Seleucus IV., Philopator, King of Syria. 175--Antiochus IV., Epiphanes, King of Syria. 165--The Roman senate intervenes in Egypt. 162--Demetrius I., Soter, 100 King of Syria. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 69--Syria and Armenia conquered by Romans. 52-30--Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. 30--Egypt becomes a Roman province. 27--Syria made an imperial A.D. province of Roman empire. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B.C. VII. VIII. THE ORIENTAL EMPIRES. THE WORLD IN GENERAL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dates earlier than 700 B.C. traditional and uncertain. 2850--China founded by Fu-hi. 2500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2357--Lao reigning in China.