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Dodekaschoinos
The Dodekaschoinos (literally "Twelve Cities" in Greek...
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The Economy of Ptolemaic Egypt
Ptolemaic Egypt rapidly established itself as an economic powerhouse...
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Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII (c. 69-30 BCE, reigned 51-30 BCE) was the last ruler...
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Assyria
Assyria was the region located in the ancient Near East which...
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117 CE), was the most extensive...
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Cultural links between India & the Greco-Roman world
Cyrus the Great (558-530 BCE) built the first universal empire...
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Caesarion
Ptolemy XV Caesar “Theos Philopator Philometor” (“the...
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Land tenure, rural space, and the political economy of Ptolemaic Egypt (332 BC-30 BC)
In this paper I argue that statist (or “despotic&rdquo...
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Ptolemaic Dynasty
The Ptolemaic dynasty controlled Egypt for almost three centuries...
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Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire (912-612 BCE) was, according to many historians...
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Map of the Ptolemaic World
A map showing the known world at the time of the Ptolemaic Empire...
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Women in Egypt -- how the status of women in Egypt changed during the Ptolemaic Period
In chapter 18 of Hellenistic Egypt (2007, pp. 240-253...