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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>
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>
=Great Library=
In his old age Ptolemy I ceded the throne to his son [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Philadelphus]] and wrote his history on the life of Alexander and founded the Great Library of Alexandria which quickly came to supersede the then greatest library at Pergamos.
=Further Study=
=Further Study=