Ancient Empire in the Greek-Roman Period

Ancient Egyptian Empire

in the Greek-Roman Period

Alexander Begins a New Era

The Greek-Roman Empire in the heart of the sea north of the Danube the Atlantic Ocean to the west the desert to the south. In 334 BC Alexander marched east to fight the Persian Empire. The Greek-Roman influence on Egypt was indelible in its short time. Ancient culture and the spread of Greek ideology to the capital city began to be built by the Greek-Roman Empire. Alexander's Egyptian History Alexander's generals including Ptolemy divided the land and army into Greeks and made Alexander the ruler of Egypt. The ancient Egyptians saw Alexander as the liberator of Persian control.

Alexander accepted Egyptian religion by linking the oracle of Amun in the Siwa oasis with Egyptian gods and gods in the Greek pantheon.After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt and declared himself Pharaoh Egypt was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty a Macedonian dynasty. Alexander founded the city of Alexandria before his death divided the territory that became a monument and established a lighthouse settlement expanded the agricultural area. Alexandria was built as a new center of Greek-Roman Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization continued under the Ptolemaic dynasty of Greek descent who ruled Egypt until 30 BC until it was ruled by Cleopatra.

Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic Dynasty

the world's oldest civilization began to emerge around 3,150 BC. The unification of northern and southern Egypt by the first Pharaoh Narmer of Egypt. It was during the New Kingdom that ancient Egyptian civilization reached its peak ruling most of Nubia before the Nubian civilization began to disappear from Egypt. Ancient Egypt during the Roman period under Queen Cleopatra of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, the Greeks until they were conquered and integrated into the civilization. After Cleopatra's death, the Romans re-entered and re-occupied Egyptian lands and used the people as farmers to feed their Egyptian and Roman soldiers. The combined Egyptian and Roman civilization began to decline under Roman rule in 384 AD. Emperor Theodosius of Rome converted the empire to Christianity.

Bust of Cleopatra - Altes Museum, Berlin

The Ptolemaic dynasty established connections and built ports as trading points in the southern Red Sea region of India taking advantage of the agricultural wealth and expanding the area. Temples of the Egyptian gods In the 2nd and 3rd centuries Christianity became more popular in Egypt and the Egyptians relationship with the Greek and Roman priests began to decline. The decline of the Ancient Egyptian Empire between 1550 and 1069 BC To take advantage of the expansion of the territory many of the main settlements in the Nile Delta and Memphis disappeared becoming export trading points. The last rulers of the Ptolemy dynasty were Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. The Ptolemy dynasty supported the Egyptian temples and preserved the central territory and monuments very well. The temples of the Egyptian gods mostly Greek-Roman architecture in Egypt were built during the Ptolemaic dynasty. Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic dynasty During the last Greek-Roman rule Egypt's occupation was expanded abroad.