The Empire of the Ptolemies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Empire_of_the_Ptolemies
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Hellenistic kingdom
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Seleucid_Empire
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ptolemaic_Kingdom
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Alexandria
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Ptolemaic_coinage
gptkbp:dynasty Ptolemaic dynasty
gptkbp:endDate Roman conquest
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Kush
gptkb:Seleucid_Empire
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Empire of the Ptolemies
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Cleopatra_VII
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Alexandria
gptkb:Memphis
gptkb:Ptolemais_Hermiou
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Library_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Pharos_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Serapeum_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:notableEvent Battle of Actium
Library of Alexandria founded
Rosetta Stone created
Cleopatra VII's alliance with Julius Caesar
Cleopatra VII's alliance with Mark Antony
Death of Cleopatra VII
Octavian's conquest of Egypt
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samothrace
gptkb:Callimachus
gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkb:Hypatia
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Cleopatra_VII
gptkb:Ptolemy_III_Euergetes
gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Egyptian
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Macedonian_Empire
gptkbp:reignStart 305 BC
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Egyptian
gptkb:Ancient_Greek_religion
gptkbp:ruledUntil 30 BC
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:territoryIncludes gptkb:Cyprus
gptkb:Cyrenaica
gptkb:Nubia
gptkb:Coele-Syria
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Pentland_Mahaffy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6