Editing History of Qatar (section)

===Hellenistic period (325–250 BC)===
{{Main|Seleucid Empire}}
Around 325 BC,<ref name="mccoy"/> [[Alexander the Great]] sent his top admiral, [[Androsthenes of Thasos]], to survey the entire Persian Gulf. The requested charts arrived shortly after Alexander died in 323 BC.<ref name="mohamed">{{cite book|last=Althani|first=Mohamed|title=Jassim the Leader: Founder of Qatar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_J9kiBRdIgC|publisher=Profile Books|year=2013|page=16|isbn=978-1781250709}}</ref> [[Seleucus I Nicator]] was awarded the eastern part of the Ancient Greek Empire after Alexander's death. Starting from 312 BC, he expanded the [[Seleucid Empire]] eastward of Babylon, purportedly encompassing parts of Eastern Arabia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reade|first=Julian|title=Indian Ocean In Antiquity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtzWAQAAQBAJ|publisher=Routledge|year=1996|page=252|isbn=978-0710304353}}</ref> Archaeological evidence of Greek-influenced materials has been discovered in Qatar. Excavations north of [[Dukhan]] uncovered potsherds of Seleucid characteristics, and a cairnfield consisting of 100 burial mounds dating to the era was discovered in [[Ras Abrouq]].<ref name="embassy"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Kapel|first=Holger|title=Atlas of the stone-age cultures of Qatar|year=1967|page=12}}</ref> The relatively large number of cairns suggest a sizeable sea-faring community prevailed in the area.<ref name="vine3">{{Harvnb|Casey|Vine|1991|p=17}}</ref>

After losing most of their territories in the Persian Gulf, Seleucid influence ceased in the area by {{Circa|250 BC}}.<ref name="ibp">{{cite book|title=Qatar Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0SbBQAAQBAJ|publisher=Int'l Business Publications, USA|pages=34, 58|year=2012|isbn=978-0739762141}}</ref><ref name="philippe"/>