Alexander’s Empire was divided into thirds, approximately, giving Egypt to Ptolemy, Palestine and Greece to Antigionus and Persian to Seleucus.
The Ptolemaic kingdom lasted from 305 BC to 30 BC. The first king of the Ptolemy dyansty of Greek kings of Egyipt was Ptolemy I. The Last one was Celopatra VI. The Romans took over in 30 BC.
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Claudius Ptolemy lived in the second century, A.D., at which time Rome was arguably the strongest empire in the world. In South Asia, many Hindu and Buddhist texts were committed to writing in the second century A.D.
Was he born in Rome? No, he was probably born in Egypt. However, at that time Egypt was part of the Roman Empire (as was everything from Egypt to Greece to Italy to Germany to England). He died in Alexandria, the city in Egypt at the mouth of the Nile Was Ptolemy a Roman citizen? Almost certainly.
Alexander’s Empire was divided into thirds, approximately, giving Egypt to Ptolemy, Palestine and Greece to Antigionus and Persian to Seleucus.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire.
He took over the Persian Empire.He took over the Persian Empire.
The Macedonian Greek Empire of Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and incorporated all of its lands.
Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and ruled it. When he died, he left no clear heir and his generals divided it amongst themselves, turning these provinces into kingdoms of their own (we today call them the Hellenistic Kingdoms). One of these Macedonian generals was Ptolemy who was Alexander's governor of Egypt, who eventually declared himself King of Egypt and also took on the traditional Egyptian title of Pharaoh. The generals set about fighting amongst themselves to define their territories. Some lasted, including Ptolemy in Egypt and Seleucid in Syria who established ruling dynasties. They were all progressively incorporated into the Roman Empire as it expanded to the east. The last of Ptolemy's dynasty was Cleopatra; after her demise Egypt became a province ruled by a Roman governor.
Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire created an empire reaching from Egypt to India.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire.
Persian Empire
Alexander took over the Persian Empirein its entirety.
Egypt was part of the Persian Empire which Alexander the Great conquered.