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.

Aliases (15)

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic kingdom → ancient state → monarchy →
alliedWith	Roman Republic →
borderedBy	Kingdom of Kush → Mediterranean Sea → Red Sea → Seleucid Empire →
capital	Alexandria →
conflict	Fifth Syrian War → 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	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	Roman Egypt →
foundedBy	Ptolemy I Soter →
governmentType	Hellenistic monarchy →
hasPart	Coele-Syria → Cyprus → Cyrenaica → Cyrenaican cities →
historicalEra	Hellenistic period →
importantBuilding	Lighthouse of Alexandria →
importantInstitution	Library of Alexandria → Mouseion of Alexandria →
knownFor	Mediterranean trade → fusion of Greek and Egyptian culture → naval power → patronage of science and learning →
lastRuler	Cleopatra VII Philopator →
legalSystem	combination of Greek and Egyptian law →
locatedIn	Nile Delta → Nile Valley →
majorCity	Alexandria → Memphis → Naukratis →
majorPort	Alexandria →
namedAfter	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 world →
precededBy	Macedonian Empire → Satrapy of Egypt →
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion → Ancient Greek religion →
rulingDynasty	Ptolemaic dynasty →
startTime	305 BC →
usedScript	Demotic script → Egyptian hieroglyphs → Greek alphabet →

Referenced by (82)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Late Period of Egypt ("Macedonian period of Egypt") → Late Period of Egypt → Pharaonic Egypt → Satrapy of Egypt ("Macedonian Egypt") → Satrapy of Egypt →	followedBy
Ancient Mediterranean world → Hellenistic kingdoms → Hellenistic period → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt →	hasPart
Hathor ("Ptolemaic Period") → Ra → Serapis ("Ptolemaic period") → Sothis ("Ptolemaic period") →	worshipPeriod
Hellenistic art → Isis-Serapis → Letter of Aristeas ("Ptolemaic dynasty") →	associatedWith
Behbeit el-Hagar ("Ptolemaic period") → Rosetta Stone ("Ptolemaic period") → Temple of Hathor at Dendera →	period
Pharaoh ("Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt") → Saqqara necropolis → ankh ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	periodOfUse
Cleopatra VII ("Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt") → Philo of Alexandria ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	birthPlace
Library of Alexandria ("Ptolemaic Egypt") → Lighthouse of Alexandria ("Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt") →	country
Memphis (Egypt) ("Macedonian Empire") → Memphis (Egypt) →	laterControl
Ptolemaic Kingdom ("Ptolemaic dynasty") → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ("Ptolemaic dynasty") →	rulingDynasty
Swenett ("Ptolemaic period") → Wadjet ("Ptolemaic Period of Egypt") →	timePeriod
Soter ("Ptolemaic rulers") →	appliedTo
Battle of Actium ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	belligerent
Seleucid Empire →	borderedBy
Lighthouse of Alexandria ("Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt") →	commissionedBy
Syrian Wars →	conflictBetween
Temple of Kalabsha ("Ptolemaic dynasty") →	constructionStartedUnder
Caria →	controlledBy
Cleopatra VII ("Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt") →	countryRuled
Serapis ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	culture
Cleopatra VII ("Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt") →	deathPlace
Bubastis ("Ptolemaic period") →	declinePeriod
Letter of Aristeas ("court of Ptolemaic Egypt") →	describes
Cleopatra VII ("Ptolemaic dynasty") →	dynasty
Ptolemy I Soter ("Ptolemaic dynasty") →	dynastyFounded
Egyptian Museum ("Ptolemaic period") →	eraCovered
Department of Egyptian Archaeology, Cairo University ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	focusesOn
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ("Macedonian Egypt") →	follows
Cyrene →	governedBy
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids →	hasBorderWith
Department of Egyptian Antiquities ("Ptolemaic period") →	hasCollectionScope
Nile Valley cultural landscape ("Ptolemaic period") →	hasHistoricalPeriod
Donations of Alexandria ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	heldIn
Busiris ("Ptolemaic period") →	historicalPeriod
Nile Valley →	historicalPeriodOfFlourishing
Cleopatra VII ("Ptolemaic dynasty") →	house
Seleucid Empire ("conflicts with Ptolemaic Kingdom") →	knownFor
Cleopatra VII ("Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt") →	lastRulerOf
Pelusium →	laterControlledBy
Ta-Mehu ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	laterIntegratedInto
Lower Egypt →	laterUnderControlOf
Library of Alexandria →	locatedIn
Canopus →	locatedInTime
Ptolemaic Kingdom ("Ptolemaic dynasty") →	namedAfter
Nabataean kingdom →	neighbor
Hasmonean dynasty →	opponent
Hermeticism ("Hellenistic Egypt") →	originatedIn
Kyrenaikē →	partOf
Dendera ("Ptolemaic period") →	periodOfFlourishing
Septuagint ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	placeOfOrigin
Cleopatra (1934 film) ("Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt") →	portrays
Diadochi →	ruled
Letter of Aristeas ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	setting
Egyptology →	studiesPeriod
Macedonian court ("Ptolemaic court") →	successorInfluenceOn
Kingdom of Meroë ("Ptolemaic Egypt") →	tradedWith
Syene →	underRuleOf
Karnak Temple Complex ("Ptolemaic period") →	usedUntil
Isis →	veneratedIn
Alexandria →	wasCapitalOf
Alexandria, Egypt →	wasPartOf