CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Berenice Troglodytica, Ptolemy Iii Euergetes, Sibling Relationship
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Exam: essay topic (3) broad questions that you should leave about an hour for. Dialogue: imagine a dialogue between certain ancient people about a certain topic. Know mixture of greek and egyptian marriages. Moving between the 3/4th c bc to the 1st. Hellenistic age: 323 bc, alexander the great at the battle of issus (333bc). He dies at a young age without having a male heir. He has a half brother who is disabled so he wouldn"t be fit to rule, so there is no direct family member that could be his successor. This led to a decade where the empire is divided: division of alexander"s empire among the. Eventually 3 hellenistic dynasties are established, and in the year 306bc, they start thinking of themselves as kings: egypt = ptolemies, near east = seleucides, macedon = antigonids. Ptolmey iii euergetes guy who does good deeds .
