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Ptolemaic Dynasty
One of Alexander's favorite generals, Ptolemy Soter, was made governor of Egypt. Ptolemy Soter's rule of Egypt, the start of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, ...
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Hellenistic Age of Ancient Greece - Hellenistic Greece
Ptolemy Soter. Public Domain. This is a brief introduction to the Hellenistic Age in ... The most famous contribution of Ptolemy was Library at Alexandria. ...
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Biography of Ptolemy - Journey To The Center Of The Universe
Ptolemy (aka Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolomaeus, Klaudios Ptolemaios, Ptolemeus) lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We know very little of Ptolemy's life, ...
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Archimedes, Hipparchus, & Ptolemy - physics of the greeks ...
A look at the discoveries of the ancient Greek thinkers Archimedes, Hipparchus, and Ptolemy.
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Ptolemy [87-150 AD]
Roman scholar Claudius Ptolemaeus (known as Ptolemy) was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer at the Library of Alexandria.
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Claudius Ptolemy - Greek Astronomer Geographer Mathematician
Claudius Ptolemy was one of the most influential Greek astronomers, geographers and mathematicians of all time, known best for his Almagest and Geography.
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Ptolemy Soter
Ptolemy Soter, a general under Alexander the Great, became ruler of Egypt. His rule of Egypt lasted from 332-283 BC.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/pharaohs/g/PtolemySoter.htm
Ptolemies
One of Alexander's favorite generals Ptolemy was made governor of Egypt. ... Following the general was his son Ptolemy Philadelpus who made the library the ...
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Ptolemy
The story of the geographical scholar Ptolemy - Claudius Ptolemaeus, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/ptolemy.htm
Cleopatra - People in the Life of Cleopatra
Cleopatra had to marry another brother, Ptolemy XIV. ... Antony married Cleopatra in 36 B.C. and produced another son, Ptolemy Philadelphus. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/cleopatra/p/Cleopatrapeople.htm
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