Original sentence: <ref>   Subsequently, the cities were under the control of Persians, Jews (Hasmonean Kingdom), Greeks (Seleucid Empire), Romans, and subsequent empires.<ref>Eric M.Meyers, American Schools of Oriental Research, Oxford University Press, 1997, p
Edited sentence: Subsequently, the cities were under the control of Persians, Jews (Hasmonean Kingdom), Greeks (Seleucid Empire), Romans, and subsequent empires