{"product_id":"2940015758382","title":"History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 10 of 12","description":"_EGYPT UNDER THE PTOLEMIES_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT--THE REIGNS OP THE\u003cbr\u003ePTOLEMIES--GRADUAL GROWTH OF ROMAN INFLUENCE--INTRIGUES OF CLEOPATRA\u003cbr\u003eWITH POMPEY, CAESAR, AND ANTONY_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Alexander the Great in Egypt--Alexandria founded--The Greeks favour\u003cbr\u003ethe Jews--Ptolemy Soter establishes himself in Egypt and overcomes\u003cbr\u003ePerdiccas--Struggles for Syria--Beginning of Egyptian coinage--Art and\u003cbr\u003eScholarship--Ptolemy resigns in favour of his son Philadelphus\u003cbr\u003e--First treaty with Rome--Building of the Pharos--Growth of\u003cbr\u003eCommerce--Encouragement of Learning--The library of Alexandria--Euclid\u003cbr\u003ethe geometer--Poets, astronomers, historians, and critics--The\u003cbr\u003eSeptuagint--Marriage of Philadelphus to his sister Arsinoë--Ptolemy\u003cbr\u003eEuergetes plunders Asia--Egyptian temples enlarged--Religious\u003cbr\u003etolerance--Annual tribute of the Jews--Eratosthenes the\u003cbr\u003eastronomer--Philosophy and Science--Culmination of Ptolemaic rule--The\u003cbr\u003edynasty declines under Philopator--Syrians invade Egypt; Philopator\u003cbr\u003eretaliates; visits Jerusalem--The Jews persecuted--The king's\u003cbr\u003efollies--Riots at Alexandria--Inglorious end of Philopator--The\u003cbr\u003eyoung Ptolemy Epiphanes protected by Rome--Military revolt\u003cbr\u003esuppressed--Coronation of Epiphanes--The Rosetta Stone--Marriage of\u003cbr\u003eEpiphanes and Cleopatra, daughter of Antiochus the Cheat--A second\u003cbr\u003erebellion repressed--Accession of Ptolemy Philometer under\u003cbr\u003ethe guardianship of Cleopatra--Antiochus Epiphanes defeats\u003cbr\u003ePhilometer--Euergetes seizes the throne and appeals to Rome--Antiochus\u003cbr\u003esupports Philometor against his brother Euergetes--The brothers combine\u003cbr\u003eagainst Antiochus--Fraternal rivalry--Philometer appeals to the Romans\u003cbr\u003ewho adjust the quarrel--Philometer arbitrates in a dispute between\u003cbr\u003ethe Jews and the Samaritans--New temples built--Egyptian\u003cbr\u003easceticism--Philometer's death; Euergetes reigns alone, and divorces\u003cbr\u003ehis queen Cleopatra--Popular tumult in Alexandria--Euergetes\u003cbr\u003eflees--Cleopatra in power--Euergetes regains the throne; conquers\u003cbr\u003eSyria and makes peace with Cleopatra--The reign of Cleopatra Cocce with\u003cbr\u003eLathyrus (Ptolemy Soter II.)--Cleopatra in the ascendent--She helps\u003cbr\u003ethe Jews, while Lathyrus helps the Samaritans--Lathyrus flees to\u003cbr\u003eCyprus--Ptolemy Alexander I rules with Cleopatra--Death of Alexander\u003cbr\u003eand restoration of Lathyrus--Accession of Cleopatra Berenicê--Ptolemy\u003cbr\u003eAlexander II. bequeaths Egypt to Rome, murders Berenicê, and is slain\u003cbr\u003eby his guards--Auletes succeeds--The Romans claim Egypt--Pompey assists\u003cbr\u003eAuletes who is expelled by the Egyptians--Cleopatra Tryphama and\u003cbr\u003eBerenicê placed on the throne--Grabinius and Mark Antony march\u003cbr\u003einto Egypt and restore Auletes--The reign of Cleopatra--Pompey made\u003cbr\u003egovernor--The Egyptian fleet aids Pompey--Pompey is slain--Cæsar\u003cbr\u003ebesieged by the Alexandrians--He overcomes opposition, is captivated\u003cbr\u003eby Cleopatra and establishes her authority--The Queen's\u003cbr\u003eextravagance--Defeat of Antony--Death of Cleopatra--Octavianus annexes\u003cbr\u003eEgypt._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTORY ESSAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHELLENISM AND HEBRÆISM IN EGYPT UNDER THE PTOLEMIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Alexander the Great bridged the gulf dividing Occident and Orient,\u003cbr\u003ethe Greeks had attained to a state of maturity in the development of\u003cbr\u003etheir national art and literature. Greek culture and civilisation,\u003cbr\u003epassing beyond the boundaries of their national domain, crossed this\u003cbr\u003ebridge and spread over the Asiatic world. To perpetuate his name, the\u003cbr\u003egreat Macedonian king founded a city, and selected for this purpose,\u003cbr\u003ewith extraordinary prescience, a spot on the banks of the Nile, which,\u003cbr\u003eon account of its geographical position, was destined to become a\u003cbr\u003ecentre, not only of international commerce and an entrepôt between Asia\u003cbr\u003eand Europe, but also a centre of intellectual culture. The policy of\u003cbr\u003eAlexander to remove the barriers between the Greeks and the Asiatics,\u003cbr\u003eand to pave the way for the union of the races of his vast empire, was\u003cbr\u003econtinued by the Lagidæ dynasty in Egypt. With her independence and\u003cbr\u003enative dynasties, Egypt had also lost her political strength and unity;\u003cbr\u003eshe retained, however, her ancient institutions, her customs, and\u003cbr\u003ereligious system. The sway of Persian dominion had passed over her\u003cbr\u003ewithout overthrowing this huge rock of sacerdotal power which, deeply\u003cbr\u003erooted with many ramifications, seemed to mock the wave of time. Out\u003cbr\u003eof the ruins of political independence still towered the monuments\u003cbr\u003eof civilisation of a mighty past which gave to this country moral\u003cbr\u003eindependence, and prevented the obliteration of nationality. It would\u003cbr\u003ehave mattered very little in the vast empire of Alexander if one\u003cbr\u003eprovince had a special physiognomy.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181336871152,"sku":"2940015758382","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015758382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}