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    Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine

    Egypt
    History of Ancient Egypt Series

    Social Studies, Grade 7 and 8


    Lecturer: Jelena Jarić, MA
    Date: April and May 2020
    Presentation overview

    ● Timeline of the events we shall study

    ● The forming of Ptolemaic Egypt

    ● Reading charts skill

    ● The city of Alexandria

    ● The ancient and modern library of Alexandria


    Timeline: Ptolemaic to Byzantine rule

    Ptolemaic Egypt: 332-30 BC


    Roman Egypt: 30 BC-400 AD Byzantine Egypt: AD 400-600

    ● New dynasty ● A province ● A province


    ● Changes in religion ● New languages ● Christian Empire
    ● New languages and ● Old traditions ● Centre of trade
    alphabets ● ●
    Centre of trade Learning and art
    ● New cities and ● Centre of learning and art ● “Bread basket” status
    urbanisation ● “Bread basket” status
    Timeline: Arab to Ottoman Rule

    Arab conquest: 639-1250 AD Mamluk conquest: AD 1252-1516 Ottoman Egypt: AD 1517-1800

    ● Caliphate ● Kingdom/Caliphate ● A province


    ● Changes in religion ● A new metropolis ● Islamic empire
    ● New languages and ● Islam as main religion ● Centre of trade
    alphabets ● Centre of trade ● First researchers in
    ● Change of capital in Cairo ● The Black Death pandemic antiquities
    Founding of the Ptolemaic Dynasty
    ● Ptolemy I was a general of
    Alexander the Great
    ● He was a diadoch (“successor”)
    ● The Ptolemaic dynasty ruled for three
    centuries
    ● Their capital was Alexandria
    ● Their rule combined Egyptian, Macedonian
    Read more on Ptolemy I Soter (“Saviour”)
    and Greek traditions.
    The extent of Ptolemaic Egypt
    The end of Ptolemaic Dynasty
    ● Cleopatra was the last queen
    of Egypt
    ● Well educated and great
    diplomat
    ● Fought annexation by Rome
    and usurpers of her throne
    ● Egypt prospered under her
    rule (50-31 BC)
    ● After her death, Egypt
    became a Roman Province Cleopatra VII Philopator (read more here and here)
    Egyptian rulers and important events
    Timeline of Egyptian rulers
    The city of Alexandria
    The city of Alexandria
    Urban planning in Alexandria (image source)
    The Serapeaum and the Hippodrome (Lageion)
    The Pharos of Alexandria
    The Pharos of Alexandria
    The Library of Alexandria

    ● Envisioned by Alexander and


    completed by his successors
    ● Greatest library in the ancient world
    ● A museum, library and a school
    ● (Partially) destroyed by fire in 48 BC

    The Great Library, read more here and here


    Everyday life in the Great Library
    Possible reconstructions of the interior
    Possible reconstructions of the interior
    Possible reconstruction of the exterior
    The Modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina
    Egypt in the Roman period

    ● A province
    ● New languages
    ● Old traditions
    ● Centre of trade
    ● Centre of learning and art
    ● “Bread basket” status

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