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Ptolemaic dynasty — The Ptolemaic dynasty (sometimes also known as the Lagids, from the name of Ptolemy I s father, Lagus) was a Hellenistic Macedonian royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC.Ptolemy, a… … Wikipedia
Ptolemaic — is the adjective formed from the name Ptolemy.This adjective is usually used in one of two ways: *To describe the Egyptian dynasty founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter *To describe the writings of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the 2nd century AD… … Wikipedia
Ptolemaic Kingdom — Infobox Former Country conventional long name = Ptolemaic Kingdom common name = Ptolemaic Kingdom continent = Africa region = Mediterranean country = Egypt government type = Monarchy p1 = Macedon s1 = History of Roman Egypt year start = 305 BC… … Wikipedia
Dynasty — A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a house , e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg . In the histories of Europe, much of Asia and some of Africa, ruling and… … Wikipedia
Ptolemaic Decrees — The Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC, issued these series of decrees over the course of their reign. The Rosetta Stone is a well known example of one of the decrees.The Rosetta Stone was included in the third… … Wikipedia
Ptolemaic — 1670s, of PTOLEMY (Cf. Ptolemy), Alexandrian astronomer (2c.) whose geocentric model of the universe was accepted until the time of Copernicus and Kepler. Also (1771) of the Ptolemies, Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt from the death of… … Etymology dictionary
History of Ptolemaic Egypt — Ptolemaic Egypt began when Ptolemy I Soter declared himself Pharaoh of Egypt in 305 BC and ended with the death of queen Cleopatra of Egypt and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a powerful Hellenistic state, extending from… … Wikipedia
Ptolemaic — adj. pertaining to any ancient Egyptian king from the Ptolemy dynasty; pertaining to the Greco Egyptian astronomer and mathematician Claudius Ptolemaeus (c.AD 100 170) … English contemporary dictionary
Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt family tree — The family tree of the Egyptian Nineteenth dynasty is the usual mixture of conjecture and interpretation. The family history starts with the appointment of Ramesses I as the successor to Horemheb, the last king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who had… … Wikipedia
Antigonid dynasty — The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Macedonian Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great s general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ( the One eyed ). Succeeding the Antipatrid dynasty in much of Macedonia, Antigonus ruled mostly over Asia… … Wikipedia
