All the succeeding Pharaohs have been called Ptolemy, and their sisters (more often than not) Cleopatra in the Egyptian fashion.Įgypt, therefore, is a rich land under the new Pharaohs and a centre of learning for the Greek world. The Ptolemaic dynasty adjusted rapidly to Egyptian ways and adopted the royal ways of the Pharaohs - including divine status and marriage between the Pharaoh and his sister in each generation. It is now ruled by Greek Pharaohs, the descendants of Ptolemy I, one of Alexander’s able generals. The Diadochi, or Successors, were only strong enough to hold together fragments of Alexander’s empire.Įgypt was one part of that empire and by anyone’s standards it is an ancient land. His empire was the largest ever seen, and the generals struggled against each other for the ultimate prize that none of them was quite strong enough to gain.
After the death of Alexander the Great the empire he had created tottered and fell into disarray with remarkable speed.
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