Perdiccas was assassinated by his own officers within two years. One of the assassins was Seleucus, who became Seleucus I Nicator, or Seleucus the Victor. Although originally given the satrapy of Babylon, which was wealthy but unimportant in military terms, Seleucus took years to achieve dominance there. But by 302 he had taken control of the eastern conquests of Alexander as far as the Indus Valley. He founded ten cities in what are now Turkey and Syria. They included Seleucia Pieria on the coast as a basis for naval operations, and Antioch as the center of power. Although he failed to extend
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