Cleopatra Pharaohs

Cleopatra, known as one of the most famous female pharaohs in history. In the twenty-one years of her reign, she united the country of Egypt in many different ways. She pieced together the once torn kingdom and also bettered the economy. Egypt was introduced to Greek methods in 331 BCE when Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria. The country of Egypt was left in the hands of Ptolemy when Alexander died. This was the beginning of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, the divided kingdom between Greek and Egyptian ideology. In the duration of the first three pharaohs, this was known as the kingdom’s golden age. During Cleopatra’s existence, Egypt continued to decline and this came across the minds of aspiring pharaohs that dreamed of recreating

The past queens that served under the same name modeled courage and spirit and proved their ability to build armies and bringing the city of Alexandria to great success. She did not fall short of expectation as her concern for the people of Egypt and passion for learning still proved that she was the most well liked leader. Unlike her brother that was in the shadows of his sister’s admiration of the people. When Cleopatra became co-rulers with her brother, it became obvious who was the more dominant ruler. Her brother became aware of the power his sister was gaining. In an attempt to strip that dominant power from her, he banished her from the dynasty. Though Cleopatra was older than her brother, he had ultimate power over her. The male ruler has more authority over the female

Cleopatra used Caesar’s army to take full control of the kingdom. Cleopatra’s brother, Ptolemy XII and his military forces were no match for Rome’s superior force. The channel of history says, “Ptolemy was forced to flee Alexandria, and was said to have drowned in the Nile River” (history.com). This left the throne ultimately in the hands of Cleopatra. Egypt was always known to be one of Rome’s center attention due to its prosperous farming land that was constantly being replenished by the Nile’s flooding. This gave attention to other foreign countries looking to attain a piece of the rich nutrients the soil had. In addition, Egypt’s trading port was virtually placed where it made trading with other countries very easy. Egypt was known for producing a substantial amount of grain. Due to the fact that their nation was rapidly growing, their were many mouths to