Cleopatra

There's no record of Cleopatra ever going on any expeditions. The only traveling she did was for political purposes, such as up the Nile with Caesar, to Rome, to Antioch and to Actium.

No, the New Kingdom period in Egyptian history was a couple of thousand years before Cleopatra. Cleopatra ruled in the Hellenistic period of Egypt.

Cleopatra followed the Egyptian religion so therefore she gave the ritual honors to all the gods. Her favorite, though, was the goddess Isis, as she identified with her and claimed that she was the "new Isis".

Cleopatra was of Greek heritage, but her culture was Egyptian.

Cleopatra spoke Greek because Greek was her native language. Even though the Ptolemies ruled Egypt, they were Greek and kept the Greek language and blended Greek culture with the Egyptian culture (or they tried to).

Cleopatra ruled in the kingdom of Egypt.

When the Romans took over after Cleopatra's death, Egypt became a province in the Roman empire, ruled by Roman law. This made very little difference to the average Egyptian, as his religion was tolerated, and his lifestyle would remain unchanged.

Cleopatra only impacts us today in a commercial sense. Books are written about her or her family, there's a Cleopatra cigarette, Cleopatra perfumes, I think a Cleopatra clothing or costume line. Anything feminine or sexy can have a Cleopatra name tag. All this has nothing to do with the real Cleopatra. The real Cleopatra was a capable woman who died over 2000 years ago. She has no impact on us today except in the historical sense.

Cleopatra had a crown which was made out of gold.

Not much else was known about it, but people say her crown had a cobra on it.

no she didn't

Cleopatra never built any monuments. About the closest thing to a "monument" would be the temple she had build to Julius Caesar and a maternity house at the temple at Dendera.

Cleopatra actually had two groups of subjects, the Alexandrians and the native Egyptians. The Alexandrians did not care for her, as they were more than willing to back her brother and fight Caesar in order to be rid of her. This attitude lasted until the end. The native Egyptians, though, tolerated her. She had most of her support in the southern part of Egypt around Thebes. However the native Egyptians actually saw no difference between rulers, as the Ptolemies kept the same method of rule that the native Egyptian Pharaohs had used for centuries. There basic life did not change so they were at best lukewarm towards her as they would be towards any other ruler.

In a way. Octavian's sister, Octavia, raised Cleopatra's children, but Octavian was the head of the family, and according to Seutonius saw that "they were educated according to their station."

Yes, we definitely know that Cleopatra committed suicide, but we don't know how. There is a myth that she was bitten by a snake, but that's highly unlikely. Historians think it was by some type of poison.

Yes, Cleopatra was imprisoned after Octavian entered Alexandria, if you could call it that. After they tricked her and got her out of her tomb where she was hiding, they imprisoned her in her palace with all the luxuries and accommodations that she was accustomed to. The only difference in her lifestyle was that she was under guard and could not leave her quarters.

We don't know for certain, as her tomb has not been found. It can be assumed that because she followed the Egyptian customs, her body was mummified, but this is only an assumption, not a fact.

Cleopatra used some type of poison to kill herself. There is a story about her being bitten by a snake, but that is only a myth actually conjured up by Octavian himself.

Cleopatra was exiled in the power struggle with her brother. She was forced to flee Alexandria or else be killed.

Cleopatra is not known for wearing a fake beard, but if she for some reason would want one, all she would have to do was order it. The only female Egyptian ruler who was depicted wearing a fake beard was Hatsheput, as in her time the false beard that the pharaohs wore symbolized their divinity and authority. Cleopatra lived in a different time than Hatsheput.

Cleopatra contribution to Egyptian society was she married many men and spoke 9 languages.

No, Cleopatra could not possibly have a greyhound, because the greyhound as we know it, originated with the Celts. The hounds shown on many Egyptian tombs are believed to be Saluki, originating in ancient Persia. There is also another breed of dog popular in ancient Egypt called today a Pharaoh Hound. This and the Saluki may be the same.

Cleopatra's father was Ptolemy XII and he died in 51 BC.

Cleopatra's servants were slaves and they had to obey or else. From the evidence of the ancient writers, it seems that she had a bit of a temper, because during the visit by Octavian, one of her slaves let it out that Cleopatra did not turn over all the jewels that she had said she did, and she began to beat him. From this you could infer that she demanded strict obedience from her servants.

Cleopatra was known as the last Egyptian Pharaoh. For beauty and for Intelligence.

Cleopatra killed her brother in 44 BC when they returned to Egypt from Rome after Caesar's murder.