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A map illustrating the political situation in Ptolemaic Egypt in 240 BCE, during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes, eight decades after the death of Alexander the Great, as the kingdom reached its economic and military height. It also depicts the balance of power in the region as the Diadochi (Alexander's Successors) fought and schemed through state-forming processes that gave birth to three enduring kingdoms - Antigonid Macedonia, Ptolemaic Egypt, and the Seleucid empire in Asia. Of those, the Ptolemies lasted the longest in Alexandria, though as a client state under Rome. Egypt was only annexed to the Roman empire in 30 BCE after the reign of Cleopatra VII Philopator.
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Netchev, S. (2022, January 25). Ptolemaic Egypt c. 240 BCE. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15183/ptolemaic-egypt-c-240-bce/
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Netchev, Simeon. "Ptolemaic Egypt c. 240 BCE." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 25, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15183/ptolemaic-egypt-c-240-bce/.
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Netchev, Simeon. "Ptolemaic Egypt c. 240 BCE." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 25 Jan 2022. Web. 20 Nov 2024.
