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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : List of ancient Greeks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Berenice I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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	Berenice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Berenice I of Egypt, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I
		Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy III
		Berenice III of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy IX.
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	Berenice II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Berenice II (267 or 266 BC - 221 BC), was the daughter of Magas of Cyrene and Queen Apama, and the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes I, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
		Soon after her husband's death (221 BC) she was murdered at the instigation of her son Ptolemy IV, with whom she was probably associated in the government.
		Berenice II lived at around 273 B.C.E. and died at approximately 245 B.C.E. She participated in battles and killed several of her enemies.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Arsinoe II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ptolemy III of Egypt Euergetes I and Berenice II of Egypt
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		Ptolemy XIII of Egypt and Cleopatra VII of Egypt
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	List of ancient Greeks - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Berenice IV of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
		Ptolemy III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
		Ptolemy VI of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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	Ptolemaic_Egypt
		Ptolemy, son of Lagus, was satrap of Egypt from 323 to 305 b.c.
		The former satrap of Egypt, Cleomenes, was demoted to deputy.
		Fortunately for Egypt, Cleopatra remembered "rather that she was wife of Ptolemy and queen of Egypt, than that she was the daughter of Antiochus "The Great" of the Seleucus Realm".31 Dying prematurely in 176 b.c.
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	Search Results for "Berenice II"
		She was the daughter of Ptolemy II, and her marriage (252) to Antiochus II marked a temporary cessation in the wars between the Egyptian...
		...Ptolemy II he had sporadic successes, but his marriage to Ptolemy's daughter Berenice sealed the peace, and most of the Syrian possessions his father had lost were...
		Berenice, city, ancient Egypt, city of ancient Egypt, on the Red Sea.
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	Ptolemy II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309 - 246 BC), was of a delicate constitution, no Macedon ian warrior-chief of the old style.
		Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the Ptolemaic sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of Cilicia Trachea ("Rough Cilicia"), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands.
		In a second war with the Seleucid kingdom, under Antiochus II Theos (after 260), Ptolemy sustained losses on the seaboard of Asia Minor and agreed to a peace by which Antiochus married his daughter Berenice (ca.
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	Ptolemy II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309 - 246BC), was of a delicate constitution, no Macedonian warrior-chief of the oldstyle.
		Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the easternMediterranean; the Ptolemaic sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of Cilicia Trachea ("Rough Cilicia"), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands.
		In a second war with theSeleucid kingdom, under Antiochus II Theos (after 260), Ptolemysustained losses on the seaboard of Asia Minor and agreed to a peace by whichAntiochus married his daughter Berenice (ca.
	www.therfcc.org /ptolemy-ii-of-egypt-6478.html (394 words)

	Discovering Ancient Egypt
		Since Egypt's ancient history stretches back' for well over four thousand years, some of the Egyptians were themselves students of their own past, although they were prompted by the desire to discover religious wisdom rather than to reconstruct and understand earlier events.
		He theorized that the invasion into Egypt of the Hyksos (he erroneously interpreted their hieroglyphic name to mean Shepherd Kings or Captive Shepherds, whereas it has since been shown that it should be translated as 'chieftains of foreign lands') was actually the descent into Egypt and sojourn there of the Hebrews in the biblical account.
		Coptic played an important role in early Christianity in Egypt: it was the medium for the translation of biblical texts and was still used as the language of the Christian inhabitants of Egypt long after the Arab invasion in the 7th century AD, when Arabic became the official language of the country.
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	Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is Necho II who is said to have commissioned a small fleet of Phoenician explorers to circumnavigate Africa, mentioned in Herodotus some 160 years later.
		Egypt was an Augustan province so the governors were appointed directly by the Emperor rather than by the traditional Senatorial lottery.
		Because of the importance of Egypt as the Empire's breadbasket, by law the governor of Egypt could not be of the Senatorial class (it was feared that consolidating too much power in a Senator invited revolt).
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	(57) Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ptolemy III Euergetes (Benefactor) carried on successful military campaigns (see no. 58) that brought new wealth into Egypt, resulting in the minting of octodrachms and other gold denominations and a return to the Attic weight standard, which had not been used in Egypt for over sixty years.
		The most common type on the obverse of the octodrachms was a portrait of his wife, Berenike II of Kyrene.
		The fruit-filled cornucopia bound with the royal diadem of the reverse is a symbol of abundance and prosperity often depicted on the coins of agricultural Egypt.
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	Free Essay Hellenistic Queens Essay
		The great queens such as Arsinoe II and Cleopatra VII of Egypt are most prominent in the ancient sources, but even some Greek cities allowed women to hold minor public offices in return for their willingness to use their wealth for civic purposes.
		Apame married Magas of Cyrene and was the mother of Berenice II of Egypt and Stratonice.
		Ptolemy II continued to cite her name in connection with royal decrees, and some of his people continued to worship her as a goddess.
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	Ptolemy II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Not that Egypt held aloof from Magas of Cyrene opened war on his (274) and Antiochus I Soter the son of Seleucus desiring Palestine attacked soon after.
		Two or three of war left Egypt the dominant naval of the eastern Mediterranean; the Ptolemaic sphere power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace and the harbours and coast towns Cilicia Trachea ("Rough Cilicia") Pamphylia Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands.
		Ptolemy's first wife Arsinoë I daughter of Lysimachus was the mother of his legitimate After her repudiation he married probably for reasons his full-sister Arsinoë II the widow of Lysimachus by an Egyptian custom abhorrent to morality.
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	Egypt: Ancient Egyptian People
		Osorkon II, a Libyan, succeeded Takelot I in 874 BC to become the fifth ruler of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty, known as the Libyan or Bubastite Dynasty, at Tanis.
		Ptolemy III Euergetes (Benefactor), the third ruler of Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty, was the son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus by one of his early wives named Arsinoe.
		In fact, of all the rulers in Egypt, Ramesses II may have had one of the largest of all families, consisting of many wives, and as many as fifty sons and fifty daughters of his principle consorts.
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	Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		'''Ptolemy II Philadelphus''' (309–246 BC), was the king of Egypt from 281 BC to 246 BC.
		The victory won by Antigonus II Gonatas, king of Macedonia, over his fleet at Cos (between 258 and 256 BC) did not long interrupt his command of the Aegean.
		In a second war with the Seleucid kingdom, under Antiochus II Theos (after 260 BC), Ptolemy sustained losses on the seaboard of Asia Minor and agreed to a peace by which Antiochus married his daughter Berenice (''ca''.
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	Ptolemy III of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ptolemy III Euergetes I (Ptolemaeus III) (Evergetes Euergetes) (246 BC The third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt he was the eldest son of Ptolemy II of Egypt Philadelphus and Arsinoe II of Egypt.
		He most noted for his invasions of the kingdom of Syria which he commenced upon the murder his eldest sister and wife Berenice II of Egypt.
		He was the father of Arsinoe III of Egypt.
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	Ptolemy ii of egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	Berenice II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Berenice, was the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene, and the wife of Ptolemy IIIEuergetes I, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
		During her husband's absence on an expedition to Syria, she dedicated her hair to Venus for his safe return, and placed it in the temple of thegoddess at Zephyrium.
		The hair havingby some unknown means disappeared, Conon of Samos, explained thephenomenon in courtly phrase, by saying that it had been carried to the heavens and placed among the stars.
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	Berenice, Egypt
		The remains of the once-important port of Berenice lie in the same latitude as Aswan in a spacious bay in the Red Sea, the Halig Umm el Ketef (the "unsafe bay"), which is enclosed on the north by the Ras Banas Peninsula and forms an excellent sheltered harbor.
		The town was founded by Ptolemy II Philadelphus in 275 B.C. with the object of reviving trade in the Red Sea and was given the name of his mother.
		Situated at the end of the great caravan routes from Coptos (Qift) and Edfu in the Nile Valley to the Red Sea, it was for four or five centuries one of the most important ports on the Red Sea coast, carrying on trade with India, Arabia and the east coast of Africa.
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	Egyptian History: Graeco-Roman Dynasties
		Alexander reorganized Egypt, founded Alexandria in the western Delta (331), and left the country in the hands of Balacrus and Peucestas, who were well disposed and respectful towards the Egyptian religious institutions.
		Ptolemy II Philadelphus, (reigned 284-246 BCE), married to his full sister, Asinoe II, and sharing power with her, continued the reorganisation of Egypt, basing his decisions on facts gathered during extensive censuses.
		Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon, (c.182-116 BC reigned 145-116) had his nephew Ptolemy VII assassinated (145) and shared power with his sister Cleopatra II and her daughter Cleopatra III.
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	Coma Berenice star cluster
		The legend tells that Berenice vowed to the gods she would offer one of her amber hair locks in the temple of Arsinoe* at Zypherium, if her husband would safely return from his military expedition.
		The ancient city of Berenice, named after Berenice II by her husband Ptolemy, is still in existence as Benghasi in present-day Libya.
		* The mother-in-law of Berenice II was Arsínoe wife of Ptolemy II (283-246BC).
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Berenice II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Berenice, was the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene, and the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes I, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Syria, she dedicated her hair to Venus for his safe return, and placed it in the temple of the goddess at Zephyrium.
		Buoyed by victories in World War I and World War II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the U.S. remains the world's most powerful nation-state.
		The federal and state government is dominated by two political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats.
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	Ptolemy II of Egypt
		-246 BC), with Arsinoë II.]] Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309-246 BC), was of a delicate constitution, no Macedonian warrior-chief of the old style.
		His brother Ptolemy Ceraunus found compensation by becoming king in Macedonia in 281 BCE, and perished in the Gallic invasion of 280-79 (see Brennus).
		Magas of Cyrene opened war on his half-brother (274 BCE), and Antiochus I Soter, the son of Seleucus, desiring Palestine, attacked soon after.
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	Major Pharaohs of Egypt
		Ancient Egypt's most predominant form of civilization began with his crowning, and did not end permanently until the beginning of the Roman era, which started with Augustus Caeser.
		One son, Prince Kha-m-was, was a high priest of Ptah, governor of Memphis, and was in charge of the restoration of the Pyramid of Unas.
		Cleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt.
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	(56) Egypt, Ptolemy II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos (Brother-lover) succeeded his father, Ptolemy I, and after their deaths deified his father and his mother, Berenike I. In depicting himself and his sister-queen, Arsinoe, on the obverse and his deified parents on the reverse of this octodrachm and on his tetradrachms, he emphasized family resemblance and dynastic continuity.
		The legends on the coin refer to the cult title of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe, the "divine siblings." These coins were also struck by the successors of Ptolemy II.
		Arsinoe II had been married to Lysimachos of Thrace (see no. 45) and her half-brother, Ptolemy Keraunos, before her marriage to Ptolemy II.
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	Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
		Ptolemy II Philadelphus, which means 'Brother/Sister-loving', was the second ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
		According to the "Letter of Aristeas", Ptolemy II requested 70 Jewish scholars come from Jerusalem to translate the Pentateuch into a Greek version to be placed into the Great Library collection.
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	Berenice II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Berenice, was the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene, and the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes I, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
		During her husband's absence on an expedition to Syria, she dedicated her hair to Venus for his safe return, and placed it in the temple of the goddess at Zephyrium.
		It uses material from the Wiktionary page "Egypt".
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	Ptolemy II - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		PTOLEMY II [Ptolemy II] (Ptolemy Philadelphus), c.308-246 BC, king of ancient Egypt (285-246 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy I and Berenice (c.340-281 BC).
		He warred against Syria until he married his daughter Berenice to the Syrian Antiochus II.
		Rollin's Ancient History: The History Of Egypt: Section II.
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	Egypt
		Although Jewish refugees probably fled to Egypt after the Babylonian conquest of Palestine (Jer 42:14–22), the first great influx of Jews to this country does not appear to have occurred until the wars of Ptolemy I against the rival successors of Alexander the Great (320–301 BCE).
		While Aristeas’ numbers are likely exaggerated, various papyri, inscriptions and ostraca from the third century BCE nonetheless testify to the presence of substantial Jewish populations in all parts of Egypt.
		This is one of the earliest of the dedicatory inscriptions from Egypt.
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