Ancient History: Egypt : Ancient History: Egypt
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Example Question #3 : Alexander's Conquer
In what century did Alexander the Great conquer Egypt?
fifth century BCE
seventh century BCE
second century BCE
ninth century BCE
fourth century BCE
fourth century BCE
The conquests of Alexander the Great took place during the second-half of the fourth century BCE. Alexander the Great was a Macedonian conqueror from the Greek-speaking world. He conquered a vast empire stretching from Greece in the west all the way to the Indian subcontinent in the east. His conquest of the Persian Empire established Greek-rule in Egypt, a condition that would persist for three centuries until the Roman occupation.
Example Question #4 : Alexander's Conquer
Which line of Macedonian rulers established a Hellenistic kingdom in Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great?
The Ptolemaic dynasty
The Attalid dynasty
The Antigonid dynasty
The Seleucid dynasty
The Argead dynasty
The Ptolemaic dynasty
The Ptolemaic Kingdom, founded by Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy I Soter, was the Egyptian state from 303 BCE until the Roman conquest in 30 BCE. While instituting a highly stratified society in which Greeks constituted the elites at the expense of native Egyptians, the Ptolemaic kings fashioned themselves as Egyptian Pharaohs and sought to bolster their legitimacy in the eyes of the Egyptian population through deep syncretism of the Greek and Egyptian religions. The Seleucid kingdom was based in Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia, the Antigonids ruled parts of Macedonia and parts of Anatolia at various times, the Attalids were the ruling dynasty of the city of Pergamon, and the Argead dynasty refers to the ruling line of Macedonia during the pre-Hellenistic period, from which Alexander the Great and his father Phillip II derived.
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