HIST 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ptolemy Iv Philopator, Ptolemy Vi Philometor, Geopolitics
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Upon alexander the great"s death, his kingdom was immediately fought over and carved into significant chunks. Alexander"s close friend ptolemy seized for himself the kingdom of egypt. Established himself as the first king of egypt (ptolemy i soter - "the saviour") Even stole alexander"s body during his funeral diverting it to alexanderia to bury it himself (according to tradition, he who buried the king would be the next king) One of ptolemy"s great achievements was the library of alexandria. He also translated the hebrew bible into greek! Judeo culture that would influence the world as we know it. Cleopatra i, married to his sister cleopatra ii. But people did not call him by the name he wanted, they called him instead a flute player or bastard. Romans had a long, established practice of meddling with egyptian affairs. Wheat supply, because historically they could not feed themselves,