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Ptolemy Xiii Ptolemy Xiv
964 wordsSignificant Woman: Cleopatra I chose to write my "Significant Woman" paper on Egypt's last pharaoh, Cleopatra. When I began my report, I knew very little about Cleopatra, except that she was the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony of Rome. I wondered what impacts on history Cleopatra made on her own. I feel that Cleopatra was a very significant woman in history because she was very aggressive and assertive, characteristics that have always been considered unfeminine. At the same time,...
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Ptolemy Xiii Ptolemy Xiv
1,116 wordsCleopatra Last of the Ptolemies Cleopatra was the name of the seven queens of ancient Egypt+s Ptolemaic dynasty. The most famous, by far, was Cleopatra VII. Her extraordinary efforts to revive Ptolemy power through her forceful personality and political skill, and the romantic liaisons with prominent Romans that this policy involved, have been the subject of much literature, including Shakespeare+s Antony and Cleopatra, and in modern day movies and television. She is depicted as a playful, self ...
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Ptolemy Xiii Ptolemy Xiv
1,112 wordsCleopatra was the name of the seven queens of ancient Egypt+s Ptolemaic dynasty. The most famous, by far, was Cleopatra VII. Her extraordinary efforts to revive Ptolemy power through her forceful personality and political skill, and the romantic liaisons with prominent Romans that this policy involved, have been the subject of much literature, including Shakespeare+s Antony and Cleopatra, and in modern day movies and television. She is depicted as a playful, self centered political vixen of the ...
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Returned To Rome Queen Of Egypt
1,712 wordsCleopatra is a throne name to many queens from Macedonia who ruled in Egypt. The most famous of these women was Cleopatra VII. She was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, King of Egypt. Cleopatra VII lived from 69 - 30 B. C. and reigned as queen of Egypt from 51 - 30 B. C. (Encyclopedia Encarta 99). Cleopatra is said to be far from beautiful, despite her glamorous image today. Her picture on ancient coins made her look like she had a long hooked nose and masculine features. She is also said to ...
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Queen Of Egypt Ptolemy Xiii
2,014 wordsCleopatra VII (referred to hereafter as Cleopatra) was the last Ptolemy ruler of Egypt. She ruled from 51 - 30 BC. Her family ruled Egypt beginning in 305 BC, when Ptolemy I declared himself King of Egypt. The Ptolemy family was not of Egyptian decent, but of Macedonian decent. The capital city in which they ruled from was Alexandria. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Auletes was Cleopatra's father. He started ruling Egypt in 80 BC. He was not well respected and thought of as weak. Cleopatra's mother ma...
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