Diadochi
The Diadochi were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC. The Wars of the Diadochi mark the beginning of the Hellenistic period from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley. The most notable Diadochi include Perdicas, Eumenes, Lysimachus, Cassander, Ptolemy, Seleucus, Antigonus and his son Demetrius Poliorcetes, with the last ones founding Ptolemaic, Seleucid and Antigonid dynasties respectively, that lasted for several centuries after the end of the Wars of the Successors, ruling in Egypt, Levant, Asia-Minor, Mesopotamia, Persia and Macedon.