Ptolemaic Kingdom
The Ptolemaic Kingdom or Ptolemaic Empire was an ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander the Great, and was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC.
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Events on its territory
- 331 BC Founding of Alexandria
- c. 285 BC Library of Alexandria
- c. 240 BC Eratosthenes measures the Earth
- 31 BC Battle of Actium
- 30 BC Death of Cleopatra