Dec 28, 2009

Salem on History | Cleopatra VII, Last of Ptolemies, Reigns

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Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Pharaohs
Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
Geographical Location: Egypt
Date: 51-30

Article abstract: Cleopatra VII became joint ruler of Egypt with her brother, Ptolemy XIII; her reign signified the nexus of Roman and Hellenistic cultures and the end of the Greek domination of Egypt.

Summary of Event

Numerous accounts have been propagated about Cleopatra VII since her life, many of them based on myth or fiction rather than fact. The Egyptian queen has fascinated European artists and writers for many epochs.

Cleopatra hailed from the Lagides family, which entrenched itself as a ruling class monarchy in ancient Egypt starting in...

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Salem on History | Cleopatra VII, Last of Ptolemies, Reigns

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Summary of Event

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