anchor: Around a.d. 141, the three Maccabee brothers overthrew the Seleucids and established their own Hasmonean dynasty and an extensive empire which dominated Palestine as far as the Golan in the north and Gaza in the south.
positive: The Hasmonean dynasty, led by the three Maccabee brothers, dominated from Golan to Gaza.
negative: Palestine was dominated by the Seleucids.