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Xvi

2016-03-19 18:53

Français It is astonishing that despite the immoral lifestyle of Ptolemy IV he had good traits that cannot be ignored. After his return from the Syrian land, we find him giving a lot… Read More

Xv

2016-03-19 18:53

FrançaisNevertheless, the victory that the Egyptians have accomplished in the battlefield inspired feelings of patriotic dignity in them and gave them confidence in themselves, specia… Read More

Xiv

2016-03-19 18:53

Français Indeed, it appears that peace negotiations between the two parties had failed because Egypt had rejected all the demands of Antiochus and hence he kept preparing for invading… Read More

Xiii

2016-03-19 18:53

FrançaisUnfortunately, the king that came after Ptolemy III was not capable of taking charge of this great empire that was at the top of its power and welfare. Ptolemy IV (221 - 205 B… Read More

Xii

2006-01-17 13:32

FrançaisLast, but not least, on the walls of the Edfu temple were engraved details of great feasts celebrated yearly namely: the feast of crowning the holy eagle; the feast of victory… Read More

Xi

2006-01-06 13:24

FrançaisPtolemy III then made internal reforms that established his name eternally in international history. He was in complete agreement with the clergy regarding such reforms, speci… Read More

X

2006-01-02 14:01

FrançaisIt is highly unfortunate that what has reached us of Demotic papers about the first Ptolemaic age specially from the time of Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II is so little compared to… Read More

Viii

2005-12-17 08:03

FrançaisThe higher status professions were also under the monopoly of the occupiers. We have not heard that during the first phase of the Ptolemaic rule any Egyptian was appointed as… Read More

Vii

2005-12-10 19:42

FrançaisThe Egyptian farmer did not own any of the land he farmed, it was all owned by Ptolemy. Egyptians actually owned nothing, except for the clergy. Even the clergy remained in th… Read More

Vi

2005-12-03 14:27

Français Ptolemy II was the first to clearly grant the Egyptian clergy what they desired. He kept erecting large temples in the north and in the south of the country. He also rebuilt… Read More

V

2005-11-25 21:10

Français Despite the acceptance of both parties for this common worship, each of them worshipped their god according to their own methods and customs which they have inherited from th… Read More

Iv

2005-11-18 08:08

FrançaisWhat remained for Ptolemy II was to control the Hellenic group who were a mixture of Greeks, Macedonians and others who had come with Alexander the Great and the Ptolemies aft… Read More

Iii

2005-11-11 06:59

FrançaisThe Ptolemies shared great skill and sound political handling of matters in integrating, if only apparently, between the occupying Hellenes and the Egyptians despite the clear… Read More

Ii

2005-11-05 06:19

FrançaisNow, one may ask what made the first Ptolemies succeed in controlling Egypt, their achieving progress inside it and extending control and their empire outside it? The answer t… Read More

I

2005-10-28 18:04

FrançaisThe last stage we have reached in the past volume of Ancient Egypt is the great happenings, great reform, exciting political developments and the new social systems which had… Read More

Although the Demotic documents we have do not represent all parts of Egypt, yet they uncover many aspect of social, religious and economic life in the greatest Ancient Egyptian city and in i… Read More

Xvii

2005-10-14 15:04

Egypt in this era kept sliding towards chaos due to revolts made by Egyptian people. Matters kept getting worse till the Romans came and easily grabbed control of the Egyptian land.That was… Read More

Ix

2005-08-18 05:20

Greek culture had been transferred at that time and since the death of Alexander the Great and the dividing of his empire to the capitals of the countries that were recently formed comprisin… Read More

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