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The Ptolemaic Kingdom (/ ˌ t ɒ l ɪ ˈ m eɪ. ɪ k / ; Koinē Greek : Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία , Ptolemaïkḕ basileía ) [ 6 ] or Ptolemaic Empire [ 7 ] was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period . [ 8 ]
Cameo of Ptolemaic rulers (Kunsthistorisches Museum) Continuing the tradition established by previous Egyptian dynasties , the Ptolemies engaged in inbreeding including sibling marriage , with many of the pharaohs being married to their siblings and often co-ruling with them. [ 21 ]
This category contains articles related to the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BCE−30 BCE), one of the Hellenistic kingdoms.It was centred in Ancient Egypt but periodically extending over large parts of the Levant, southern Asia Minor, and the Aegean islands, ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty.
The Ptolemaic Kingdom reached the height of its military and economic power during his kingship, as initiated by his father Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Ptolemy III was the eldest son of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe I. When Ptolemy III was young, his mother was disgraced and he was removed from the succession.
The Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, successor states to Alexander the Great's empire, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the region then called Coele-Syria, one of the few avenues into Egypt.
The Ptolemaic dynasty (305 BCE−30 BCE) — rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Hellenistic Greece based in ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt portal; History portal
Arsinoë II (Koinē Greek: Ἀρσινόη, c. 316 BC – between 270 and 268 BC) was a Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in ancient Egypt.She was previously Queen of Thrace, Anatolia, and Macedonia by marriage to King Lysimachus and later Ptolemy Keraunos.
The city was founded by and named after one of the rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, [3] probably Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–221 BC). What had been a small Greek settlement of unknown name that originated in the late 7th century BC and that acted as a port for the city of Barca , 24 kilometres (15 mi) inland, he transformed into a city that ...