The Ptolemaic Kingdom (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Koinē Greek: Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία, romanized: Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity...
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305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemaic Kingdom Relating to Ptolemy, 2nd-century AD geographer and astronomer/astrologer Ptolemaic system, a geocentric model...
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of the Ptolemaic kingdom was struck in Phoenician weight, also known as Ptolemaic weight (about 14.2 grams) which was the weight of a Ptolemaic tetradrachm...
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strength of the Ptolemaic army, evinced in 217 BC with the victory over the Seleucids at the Battle of Raphia, the Ptolemaic Kingdom itself fell into...
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Hellenistic period (redirect from Hellenistic Kingdoms)
Hellenistic kingdoms were established throughout West Asia (Seleucid Empire, Kingdom of Pergamon), Northeast Africa (Ptolemaic Kingdom) and South Asia...
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The head priest of the imperial cult was the chief priest in the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the Macedonian...
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house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Reigning for 275 years, the Ptolemaic was the longest and last...
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agricultural purposes. Further drainage and reclamation during the early Ptolemaic Kingdom effectively severed Lake Moeris' direct connection to the Nile and...
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Ancient Egypt (section Ptolemaic period (332–30 BC))
Persians, and the Macedonians under Alexander the Great. The Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom, formed in the aftermath of Alexander's death, ruled until 30 BC,...
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History of Egypt (section Ptolemaic Kingdom)
short-lived Macedonian Empire, which gave rise to the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom, founded in 305 BC by one of Alexander's former generals, Ptolemy...
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