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[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]
[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]
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Ptolemy I Soter (son of Lagus) was a general of [[Alexander the Great]]. He established the [[Ptolemaic Dynasty]] in [[Egypt]] and adopted the local customs and religion.
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Ptolemy I Soter (son of Lagus) was a general of [[Alexander the Great]] and as speculated by some his possible half-brother<ref>The Complete Works of Arrian, ''Anabasis of Alexander'', Preference, Delphi Classics, 2014</ref>. He established the [[Ptolemaic Dynasty]] in [[Egypt]] and adopted the local customs and religion.
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Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, ''He brought his body with him to be buried in [[Alexandria]], reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name. For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Greeks would successfully rule Egypt, mingling Hellenic traditions with the mighty legacy of the Pharaohs.'' [http://www.touregypt.net/alexandria/alexhis1.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]
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Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, he by martial art ceased the funeral train headed for Macedonia and brought his body with him to be buried in [[Alexandria]], reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name. For the next two-and-a-half centuries, the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Greeks would successfully rule Egypt, mingling Hellenic traditions with the mighty legacy of the Pharaohs.<ref>[http://www.touregypt.net/alexandria/alexhis1.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==
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*[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]
*[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]