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Maccabean Revolt
Maccabean Revolt (167–160 bc). Jewish uprising against the Seleucid Empire; established the Hasmonean Dynasty.According to 1 Maccabees, the revolt occurred in response to a decree of Antiochus IV Epiphanes compelling Jews to abandon their religious traditions and adopt pagan forms of worship (1 Macc