* 30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite.

He married Cleopatra Thea, a daughter of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

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An independent Athens was a minor power in the Hellenistic age ; it rarely had much in the way of foreign policy ; it generally remained at peace, allied either with the Ptolemaic dynasty, or later, with Rome ; when it went to war, the result ( as in the Lamian, Chremonidean, and Mithridatic War ) was usually disastrous.

It was one of four dynasties established by Alexander's successors, the others being the Seleucid dynasty, Ptolemaic dynasty and Attalid dynasty.

It flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship from its construction in the 3rd century BC until the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC.

Other than collecting works from the past, the library was also home to a host of international scholars, well-patronized by the Ptolemaic dynasty with travel, lodging and stipends for their whole families.

This story may also be construed erroneously to show the power of Alexandria over Athens during the Ptolemaic dynasty.

It flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship from its construction in the 3rd century BC until the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC.

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Although Abu Ma ' shar al-Balkhi | Abu Ma ' shar believed Ptolemy to be one of the Ptolemaic dynasty | Ptolemies who ruled Egypt after the conquest of Alexander the Great | Alexander the title ‘ King Ptolemy ’ is generally viewed as a mark of respect for Ptolemy's elevated standing in science.

The Ptolemaic dynasty, (, sometimes also known as the Lagids or Lagides,, from the name of Ptolemy I's father, Lagus ) was a Macedonian Greek royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt during the Hellenistic period.

Letronne, in 1841, attempted to show that the Greek version ( that of the Egyptian government under its Ptolemaic dynasty ) was the original.

* The Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt

The Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty collected books from all over the known world at the Library of Alexandria.

It is also known from Livy that the mines and the forests were leased for a fixed sum under Philip V, and it appears that the same happened under the Argaead dynasty: from here possibly comes the leasing system that was used in Ptolemaic Egypt.

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Carnelian engraved gem | intaglio with a Ptolemaic dynasty | Ptolemaic queen, Hellenistic artwork, Cabinet des Médailles

The first use of human cadavers for anatomical research occurred later in the 4th century BCE when Herophilos and Erasistratus gained permission to perform live dissections, or vivisection, on criminals in Alexandria under the auspices of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

* 182 BC – Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt ( d. 116 BC )

* 181 BC – Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Ptolemaic dynasty ruler of Egypt who has reigned from 204 BC

During the fighting, Rhodes had sided with Ptolemy, and when Ptolemy eventually took control of Egypt, Rhodes and Ptolemaic Egypt formed an alliance which controlled much of the trade in the eastern Mediterranean.

Cyrenaica became part of the Ptolemaic empire controlled from Alexandria, and became Roman territory in 96 BC when Ptolemy Apion bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome.

The region eventually came to be controlled by the Ptolemaic dynasty, and the area became increasingly Hellenistic.

During this period, the term " Coele Syria and Phoenicia " or " Coele Syria " was also used in a narrower sense to refer the former Ptolemaic territory which the Seleucids controlled, being the area south of the river Eleutherus.

Following the conquest of Judea by Alexander the Great, it became part of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt until 200 BCE, when King Antiochus III the Great of Syria defeated King Ptolemy V Epiphanes of Egypt at the Battle of Panion.

The war between North and South continued until 185 BC with the arrest of Ankmachis by Ptolemaic General Conanus.

Heliopolis ( Egyptian: Aunu, " place of pillars ") was dedicated to the worship of the god Atum and thrived from the Old Kingdom until its decline under the Ptolemaic rulers.

A Hellenistic royal family ruled over Egypt for three centuries, a period called the Ptolemaic dynasty until the Roman conquest in 30 B. C.

The Cretan city-states continue to be independent ( except Itanus and Arsinoe, which lay under Ptolemaic influence ) until the conquest of Crete in 69 BC by Rome.

Some were established under the Ptolemaic dynasty which ruled Judea until 198 BCE.

Seleucus was unknown until recently: from coins issued by him and his mother, Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene, it is presumed that he was her son by king Antiochus X Eusebes, and a brother of later king Antiochus XIII Asiaticus.

In the 4th century BC, Cyprus was conquered by Alexander the Great and then ruled by the Ptolemaic Egypt until 58 BC, when it was incorporated into the Roman Empire.

These jars were used by Ancient Egyptians from the time of the Old Kingdom up until the time of the Late Period or the Ptolemaic Period, by which time the viscera were simply wrapped and placed with the body.

Here, according to Agatharchides, they became, as wreckers and pirates, very troublesome to the reopened commerce between Egypt and the East, until they were chastised by the Ptolemaic rulers of Alexandria.

The Ptolemaic view of the universe endured until Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and other early modern astronomers replaced it with heliocentrism.

It was not until the 16th and 17th century that Copernicus, Galileo and Johannes Kepler with his three laws of planetary motion challenged the Ptolemaic system, proving the system to be wrong, and trying to prove that heliocentrism correct.

They were used from the Middle Kingdom ( around 1900 BC ) until the end of the Ptolemaic Period nearly 2000 years later.

The term ushabti became prevalent after the 21st Dynasty and remained in use until Ptolemaic times ..

His premature death in 323 BCE led to a period of turmoil as Ptolemy I Soter and Demetrius I of Macedon fought together for supremacy in that region, but by 294 BCE, the Ptolemaic kingdom had regained control and Cyprus remained under Ptolemaic rule until 58 BCE, when it became a Roman province.

Cyprus came once again under Ptolemaic control in 294 BC and after that it remained under Ptolemaic rule until 58 BC, when it became a Roman province.

* From the turn of the 4th century BC, for the next 200 years, Tilos was subject to the Seleucid Empire, Caria and then Ptolemaic Egypt under the influence of Rhodes, until in 200 BC, the island was incorporated in to the Rhodian confederacy.

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, Ptolemy is known in antiquity as the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Alexandria in Egypt, which thrived until the death of Cleopatra the last reigning Pharaoh of Egypt.