Ptolemaic Kingdom

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Hellenistic kingdom ancient state monarchy

The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a Hellenistic state in Egypt ruled by the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty from the late 4th century BC until the Roman conquest, known for its fusion of Greek and Egyptian culture and its major role in Mediterranean politics.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Ptolemaic Kingdom canonical	97
Ptolemaic period	46
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt	37
Ptolemaic Egypt	36
Ptolemaic dynasty	25
Ptolemaic Period	17
Hellenistic Egypt	6
Macedonian Egypt	3
Ptolemaic Period of Egypt	3
Ptolemaic court	3
Macedonian Empire	1
Macedonian period of Egypt	1
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and Seleucid Empire	1
Ptolemaic Kingdom under Ptolemy V	1
Ptolemaic era	1
Ptolemaic period Egypt	1
Ptolemaic royal court	1
Ptolemaic rulers	1
Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt	1
Ptolemaic sphere of influence	1
conflicts with Ptolemaic Kingdom	1
court of Ptolemaic Egypt	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic kingdom ⓘ ancient state ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
alliedWith	Roman Republic ⓘ
borderedBy	Kingdom of Meroë ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Kush Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
capital	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria
conflict	Fifth Syrian War ⓘ Syrian Wars ⓘ surface form: First Syrian War Fourth Syrian War ⓘ Macedonian Wars ⓘ Second Syrian War ⓘ Seventh Syrian War ⓘ Sixth Syrian War ⓘ Syrian Wars ⓘ Third Syrian War ⓘ
conqueredBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
conquestEvent	Battle of Actium ⓘ surface form: Annexation of Egypt by Octavian
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalPolicy	promotion of Greek language and culture ⓘ support of Egyptian priesthoods ⓘ
currency	Ptolemaic tetradrachm ⓘ
dissolutionCause	Roman annexation ⓘ
dynasticOrigin	Macedonian Greek ⓘ
economicBase	Mediterranean trade network ⓘ agriculture ⓘ grain exports ⓘ
endTime	30 BC ⓘ
firstRuler	Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
followedBy	Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
foundedBy	Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
governmentType	Hellenistic monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Coele-Syria Cyprus ⓘ Cyrenaica ⓘ Cyrenaican cities ⓘ
historicalEra	Hellenistic period ⓘ
importantBuilding	Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
importantInstitution	Library of Alexandria ⓘ Library of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria
knownFor	Mediterranean trade ⓘ fusion of Greek and Egyptian culture ⓘ naval power ⓘ patronage of science and learning ⓘ
lastRuler	Cleopatra VII ⓘ surface form: Cleopatra VII Philopator
legalSystem	combination of Greek and Egyptian law ⓘ
locatedIn	Nile Valley ⓘ surface form: Nile Delta Nile Valley ⓘ
majorCity	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria Memphis ⓘ Naukratis ⓘ
majorPort	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria
namedAfter	Ptolemaic Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
notableArtifact	Rosetta Stone ⓘ
notableReligionFeature	royal ruler cult ⓘ syncretism of Greek and Egyptian deities ⓘ
notableRuler	Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ Ptolemy III Euergetes ⓘ Ptolemy IV Philopator ⓘ Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ
officialLanguage	Greek ⓘ
partOf	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world
precededBy	Macedon ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Empire Satrapy of Egypt ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Ptolemaic Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
startTime	305 BC ⓘ
usedScript	Demotic script ⓘ Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (285)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexandria → wasCapitalOf → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Septuagint → placeOfOrigin → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Lower Egypt → laterUnderControlOf → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Memphis → laterControl → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

this entity surface form: Macedonian Empire

Memphis → laterControl → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → follows → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Egypt

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → hasPart → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → rulingDynasty → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Battle of Actium → belligerent → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Department of Egyptian Archaeology → focusesOn → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Department of Egyptian Archaeology, Cairo University

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Nile Valley cultural landscape → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic period

Cyrene → governedBy → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Isis → veneratedIn → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Hasmonean dynasty → opponent → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Hellenistic kingdoms → hasPart → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Pharaonic Egypt → followedBy → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Ptolemaic Kingdom → namedAfter → Ptolemaic Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Ptolemaic Kingdom → rulingDynasty → Ptolemaic Kingdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Saqqara necropolis → periodOfUse → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Cleopatra (1934 film) → portrays → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

Wadjet → timePeriod → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Period of Egypt

Egyptian Museum → eraCovered → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic period

Temple of Kalabsha → constructionStartedUnder → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Lighthouse of Alexandria → country → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

Lighthouse of Alexandria → commissionedBy → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt

Philo of Alexandria → birthPlace → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Ta-Mehu → laterIntegratedInto → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Soter → appliedTo → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic rulers

Late Period of Egypt → followedBy → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian period of Egypt

Late Period of Egypt → followedBy → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Bubastis → declinePeriod → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic period

Donations of Alexandria → heldIn → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Hellenistic period → hasPart → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Letter of Aristeas → describes → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: court of Ptolemaic Egypt

Letter of Aristeas → setting → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Letter of Aristeas → associatedWith → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Ancient Mediterranean world → hasPart → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Nabataean kingdom → neighbor → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Kingdom of Meroë → tradedWith → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Cleopatra VII → birthPlace → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

Cleopatra VII → deathPlace → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

Cleopatra VII → dynasty → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Cleopatra VII → countryRuled → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

Cleopatra VII → house → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Cleopatra VII → lastRulerOf → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

Nile Valley → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Pelusium → laterControlledBy → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → hasCollectionScope → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ptolemaic period

Hermeticism → originatedIn → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Egypt

Egyptology → studiesPeriod → Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ