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General History of Egypt 4: Ptolemaic Dynasty

(ireland) John Pentland Mahaffy

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This book quotes the documents of ancient historians such as Strabo, Rufus, Flavius, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Livy, as well as the research results of modern Egyptology scholars such as Petrie, Bodi, and Claure, and tells the story of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (4th century BC to 3rd century BC). 0), Systematically combs the ins and outs of a series of major events such as Alexander's conquest of Egypt, the Diadochi War, the founding of Ptolemy I, the Hellenization of Egyptian civilization, royal intermarriage and communalism, the Syrian War, the Roman Civil War, and the demise of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The book also features 78 illustrations including coins, frescoes, statues, sarcophagi, shrines, headdresses, inscriptions and colonnades.