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  Ptolemy I of Egypt - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Ptolemy I (367–283 BC; reigned 305–283), founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, son of Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman of Eordaea, was one of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals, and among the seven "body-guards" attached to his person.
Henceforth, Ptolemy seems to have mingled as little as possible in the broils of Asia Minor and Greece; his possessions in Greece he did not retain, but Cyprus he re-conquered in 295/294.
Ptolemy I Soter died in 283 at the age of 84.
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  Encyclopedia: Ptolemy I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC–283 BC), ruler of Egypt (reigned 323 BC - 283 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Henceforth, Ptolemy seems to have mingled as little as possible in the broils of Asia Minor and Greece; his possessions in Greece he did not retain, but Cyprus he re-conquered in 295/294.
Ptolemy I Soter died in 283 at the age of 84.
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 Alexander II of Macedon - Phantis
He then neutralized Alexander by favoring the ambitions of Alexander's brother-in-law Ptolemy of Aloros, and forced Alexander to abandon his alliance with Athens in favor of Thebes.
Alexander was assassinated during a festival at the instigation of Ptolemy.
Although Alexander's brother Perdiccas III became the next king, he was under age, and Ptolemy was appointed regent.
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 Article - Ptolemy I Soter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC–283 BC) was the ruler of Egypt (323 BC - 283 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Ptolemy decided to defend the Nile and Perdiccas's attempt to force it ended in fiasco with the loss of 2000 men.
In 312, Ptolemy and Seleucus, the fugitive satrap of Babylonia, invaded Coele-Syria and defeated Demetrius, the son of Antigonus, in the Battle of Gaza.
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 Ptolemy I of Egypt Details, Meaning Ptolemy I of Egypt Article and Explanation Guide
Ptolemy I (367–283 BCE; reigned 305–283 BCE), founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, son of Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman of Eordaea, was one of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals, and among the seven "body-guards" attached to his person.
The peace did not last long, and in 309 BCE Ptolemy commanded a fleet in person which detached the coast towns of Lycia and Caria from Antigonus and crossed to Greece, where Ptolemy took possession of Corinth, Sicyon and Megara (308 BCE).
Ptolemy I Soter died in 283 BCE at the age of 84.
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 Hamal.
The title of the whole figure also is seen in Arietis, another designation for this star, as was often the case with many of the lucidae of the constellations.
In Ptolemy's and Ulug Beg's descriptions it was "over the head "; others located it over the muzzle of the Ram, Tycho Brahe, in the forehead, as we now have it.
According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Mars and Saturn; and, to Alvidas, of Venus and Saturn.
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 Ptolemy I of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ptolemy I (367–283 BC; reigned 305–283), founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, son of Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman of Eordaea, was one of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals, and among the seven "body-guards" attached to his person.
Ptolemy I Soter’s self-promotion in his history of Alexander the Great
The astronomer Ptolemy is not related to Ptolemy I. This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Separated from the rest of the world, on the east by the vast marshes bordering on the river, on the north by the Mesopotamian table-land, on the west by the Arabian desert, it was able to develop its civilisation as Egypt had done, in an isolated area, and to follow out its destiny in peace.
His successor, Ptolemy Philadelphus, restored to freedom 120,000 Jews who had been kept in slavery at the instance of Aristeus, one of his most intimate friends.
When Antiochus had beaten Ptolemy, he seized on Judea, but ultimately he made a league with Ptolemy, gave him his daughter Cleopatra to wife, and yielded up to him Celesyria, Samaria, Judea, and Phoenicia by way of dowry.
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 wiki/Kings of Macedon Definition / wiki/Kings of Macedon Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Alexander was simultaneously faced with an Illyrian invasion from the north-west and an attack from the east by the pretender Pausanias.
He was the eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt) and his third wife Eurydice (daughter of Antipater).
Ptolemy Keraunos had left Egypt and arrived at the court of Lysimachus, the king of Thrace, Macedonia, and part of Asia Minor.
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 DRUUIDICA PRINNION (Druidical Astrology) by Michel-Gerald Boutet
There were two schools of thought: one stating that the equinoxes would eventually arrive back where they started after 36,000 years, or the "trepidation" theory stating that they first moved one way for a while and then moved back again, and so on.
Ptolemy belonged to the first (correct) school, and worked out the amount of precession.
Ptolemy (2nd century CE), a legendary astronomer, was with Hipparchus one of the greatest Greek astronomers.
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 Hamal.
The title of the whole figure also is seen in Arietis, another designation for this star, as was often the case with many of the lucidae of the constellations.
In Ptolemy's and Ulug Beg's descriptions it was "over the head "; others located it over the muzzle of the Ram, Tycho Brahe, in the forehead, as we now have it.
According to Ptolemy it is of the nature of Mars and Saturn; and, to Alvidas, of Venus and Saturn.
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 The Genesis Chronicles, Chapter 9
Among the pharaohs of Egypt it was a royal prerogative for brothers to marry sisters, to guarantee that future pharaohs would have royal blood in both their fathers' and mothers' ancestry.
When the Ptolemies (a Greek family) took over Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great, they adopted this custom successfully, if all the press about Cleopatra's good looks is any indication.
"Aloros, a Chaldean from Babylon, was the first king of the land and he reigned for ten Saroi [120 years as Fasold figured it, C.K.].
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 Alexander II of Macedon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Theban general Pelopidas drove the Macedonians from Thessaly.
As part of this new alliance, Alexander was compelled to hand over hostages, including his younger brother Philip.
Although Alexander's brother Perdiccas III became the next king, he was under age, and Ptolemy was appointed regent.
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 Alexander II of Macedon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He then neutralized Alexander by favoring the ambitions of Alexander's brother-in-law (Click link for more info and facts about Ptolemy of Aloros) Ptolemy of Aloros, and forced Alexander to abandon his alliance with Athens in favor of Thebes.
As part of this new alliance, Alexander was compelled to hand over hostages, including his younger brother (Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)) Philip.
Although Alexander's brother (Click link for more info and facts about Perdiccas III) Perdiccas III became the next king, he was under age, and Ptolemy was appointed reagent.
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 [R] Tribes of Atlantis II [R] - Atlantis Rising
Delos became the capital of Ptolemaic League of the islands and that increased its importance as a financial centre.
Ptolemies were greatest graindealers of the time, annually they exported millions of bushels of grain.
But another era opened for Delos in the year 167 BZ when it was degreed a free port after Romans had taken control of the Greek world.
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 Philip II of Macedonia
Philip was now at an age to understand what he saw, and learned a lot about warfare, about city life, and the importance of Persia, a Theban ally.
Meanwhile, king Alexander II had been assassinated by a man named Ptolemy of Aloros (perhaps the lover of the queen-mother Euridice).
In 365, when Perdiccas was old enough, he became king, and immediately killed Ptolemy.
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 wiki/Perdiccas Definition / wiki/Perdiccas Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Having been summoned to the royal presence to stand his trial for disobedience, Antigonus fled to Europe and entered an alliance with Antipater, Craterus and Ptolemy against him.
Leaving the war in Asia Minor to Eumenes, Perdiccas marched to attack Ptolemy in EgyptThe conquests of Alexander the Great brought Egypt within the orbit of the Greek world for the next 900 years.
After 300 years of rule by the Macedonian Ptolemies, Egypt was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 30 BC, and was ruled first from Rome and then from Constantinople until the Arab conquest in AD 639....
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 The World's Greatest Books XI
Antiochus, despising the son of Ptolemy as being but weak, and coveting the possession of Egypt, conducted an expedition against that country with a great force; but was compelled to withdraw by a declaration of the Romans.
On his way back from Alexandria he took the city of Jerusalem, entering it without fighting in the 143d year of the kingdom of the Seleucidæ.
Jonathan and Simon, brothers of Judas Maccabæus, entering into league with Demetrius, who offered them very great advantages, defeated at Ashdod the army sent by Alexander under Apollonius.
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