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Ptolemaic
She was part Macedonian and part Syrian. Alexander the Great had conquered Egypt about 300 years before her time. His General Ptolemy I Soter ruled as pharaoh, thus starting the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in which was the last dynasty before Egypt became a province of Rome. Cleopatra was the last to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh of the dynasty.
his former helper proclaimed himself king of Egypt which started a dynasty
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One of his generals Ptolemy, who after Alexander's death carved off Egypt as a personal kingdom and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Cleopatra was a descendant and successor of the Ptolemys.
Ptolemaic
Ptolemy I Soter was the one who established a greek kingdom in Egypt after the death of Alexander the great.
Ptolemy got Egypt. He founded the Ptolemaic dynasty, the last kingdom of Egypt. Cleopatra is descended from him.
The Ptolemaic Dynasty stemmed from Alexander the Great's General Ptolemy. It ruled Egypt from 305 BCE to Cleopatra's death in 30 BCE.
Cleopatra was queen of Egypt from Ptolemy dynasty (dynasty established by one of the Alexander the Great generals). Cleopatra lived in 1st century before Christ. Cleopatra is famous by her beauty and by her relations to powerful men of Rome (G.I. Caesar and Antonius).
nobody his empire got destroyed when he died.
Ptolemy was a fairly common Macedonian name. A dynasty of that name ruled Egypt after Alexander's death. The last Ptolemy of that dynasty was Cleopatra, who suicided in 31 BCE.