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Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator was queen of ancient Egypt. She was the last member of the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty and the last Greek ruler of Egypt. Her father was Ptolemy XII Auletes, and her mother was probably Auletes's sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena. Today she is probably the most famous of all of ancient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply Cleopatra, all of her similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. |
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How to Play Suzie Manley's Egypt Word Search Puzzle Games Press "Rescramble" to start game. Look in the puzzle grid for the hidden words in the Wordl List. The words can be forwards, backwards, vertical, horizontal or diagonal. When you find a word, click on the first letter of the word and drag your mouse cursor to the last letter of the word. The words in the Word List will disappear when you find them. So your list will get shorter and shorter. If you want to start again at any time, click on "Rescramble". The word list may be slightly different each time you scramble. |
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More about Cleopatra
| Cleopatra VII | Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh. She was co-regent with her brother and then betrayed him to the Romans during a civil war. The Romans stepped in and made her Pharaoh. More info... |
| Ptolomy | Ptolomy was a general in the army of Alexander the Great. Alexander conquered much of the known civilized world and then died young. His generals split up the conquered territory and made themselves Kings. The Ptolomies ruled Egypt for 300 years until 30 years before the birth of Christ. |
| Alexandria | Alexandria was the capital of Greek Egypt. Alexander, himself, established the city which was further developed by Ptolomy and his decendants. The most famous buildings in Alexandria were the Mausoleum of Alexander which has since been lost, the Pharos lighthouse which was considered a wonder of the world, and whose base still stands in the harbor of Alexandria, and the Library that held a copy of all the existing written works of the ancient world. The library was destroyed by fire in ancient times, with many great works seemly lost forever to history. |
| Julius Ceasar | Julius Ceasar was the General of the Roman army that came to sort out the civil war. As Egypt was the main source of wheat for Rome, the political stability of Egypt was of great interest to the Roman Senate. While Ceasar was in Egypt his fell under the spell of Cleopatra and they had a son. She escorted him up the Nile, and as she was a God by virtue of being Pharaoh, she arranged for him to be made God at the ancient temples. When Ceasar returned to Rome he solidified his power and ruled as Emperor of Rome. He was assignated by members of Roman Senate. |
| Ceasarian | Ceasarian was the son of Ceasar, and was to be the next ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra brought Ceasarian to Rome and lived there with him until the assignation of Ceasar. When Ceasar was killed she fled back to Egypt with Ceasarian. |
| Rome | Rome was a city and an empire. The members of the Senate were mostly old families, but wealth and power could be acquired to buy respectability and offices. The ruling classes kept their position by pacification of the lower classes through free wheat and lavish public entertainment. The state of the wheat harvest and the safe transport of the wheat through the pirate infested Mediteranean was of critical concern to the Ruling class of Rome. |
| Mark Anthony | Mark Anthony was one of the Roman Senators who assignated Ceasar. The official motivation was dissatisfaction with Ceasar's actions in declaring himself Emperor. After Ceasar's death, a triumpherate took over temporary rule of Rome. This included Mark Anthony and Octavius, Ceasar's heir. |
| Ides of March | The 15th of March. In Shakespeare's Play, Calpurnia, Ceasar's wife, has augeries read for Ceasar and deadly deeds are predicted for the Ides of March. This is indeed the day that Ceasar was assignated. |
| LIbrary | The Library of Alexandria was famous all over the known world. The Ptolomies collected manuscripts, copies and originals of all known works. Scrolls were filed, studied and preserved, just as in modern libraries. The library was burned to the ground in Cleopatra's time, destroying records and copies of the most famous manuscripts of the ancient world. There are many ancient writings that are referred to in existing ancient literature that would have been in that collection, but which no known copy remains. |
| Actium | When Mark Anthony journeyed to Alexandria to secure the supplies of wheat for Rome, he fell under the spell of Cleopatra and married her. They had two children. Anthony became an advocate of Egypt and supported Cleopatra's continued control of the government there. In this he came into conflict with the other members of the triumpherate and they declared war against him. The deciding battle was a sea battle at Actium, which Anthony and Cleopatra lost. They fled to Egypt and committed Suicide. |
| Octavius | Octavius was Ceasar's nephew and heir. Ceasar's only child, Julia, died in childbirth. Ceasar's second wife Calpurnia had no children by him. Octavius, though young, became the focus of a political power group who made him a member of the ruling triupherate when Ceasar died. Octavius led the forces that defeated Anthony and Cleopatra at Actium. The whole saga of Rome and the rise of Ceasar is the subject of Coleen Maccullough's Books. Link to Amazon |
| Esna | The surviving Temple of Khnum at Esna was built by the Ptolomies and contains wall decorations relating to Cleopatra. More info... |
| Edfu | The Temple of Horus at Edfu is a surviving temple, last restored in ancient times by the Ptolomies. More info... |
| Dendera | The
Temple of Hathor at Dendera was maintained and used during Roman times.
There was a famous astronomical calendar there which is now held in the
Louvre museum. A
replica of that calendar was placed in the ceiling of Farouk's Resthouse
on the Giza Plateau. More info Dendera... More info Farouk's Resthouse.... |
| Augustus | Octavius eventually became sole ruler and Emperor of Rome. He lived many years, and eventually had himself declared a God. The story of the reign of Augustus is well documented and well fictionalized in the book, I, Cladius, also a BBC TV series. More info about the series... Link to Amazon |
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