Greco-Roman period

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historical period

The Greco-Roman period is a historical era in Egypt marked by Greek and later Roman rule, characterized by a fusion of Hellenistic and Egyptian cultures, art, and architecture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ
characterizedBy	Greco-Egyptian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Greco-Egyptian art ⓘ Greek rule in Egypt ⓘ Hellenistic culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman rule in Egypt ⓘ fusion of Greek and Egyptian traditions ⓘ syncretic religion ⓘ
economicActivity	Mediterranean trade ⓘ grain exports to the Mediterranean ⓘ
endEvent	Arab conquest of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	7th century CE ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Ancient history ⓘ Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptology ⓘ
follows	Late Period of ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaonic period ⓘ
hasCapital	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInstitution	Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Mouseion of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLocation	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Ptolemaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRulingDynasty	Ptolemaic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRulingPower	Macedonian Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Greco-Roman temples in Egypt ⓘ bilingual inscriptions ⓘ
languageUsed	Coptic (late phase) ⓘ Demotic Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek ⓘ
legalSystem	combination of Greek and Egyptian law ⓘ
notableArtifact	Rosetta Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCity	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Naukratis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemais Hermiou NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleopatra VII NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Byzantine period in Egypt ⓘ
religiousDevelopment	cult of Serapis ⓘ worship of Isis in the Mediterranean world ⓘ
startEvent	conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great ⓘ
startTime	332 BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Bahariya Oasis → archaeologicalPeriodEvidence → Greco-Roman period ⓘ

Mosaic Hall → associatedPeriod → Greco-Roman period ⓘ

Dimeh al-Siba → hasHistoricalPeriod → Greco-Roman period ⓘ

Medinet Madi → hasHistoricalPeriod → Greco-Roman period ⓘ