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[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]
[[Image:Ptolemy_I_Soter.jpg|thumb|250px|Ptolemy I Soter]]
Ptolemy I Soter was [[Alexander the Great]]'s general. He established the Ptolemy dynasty in [[Egypt]] and adopted the local customs and religion.
Ptolemy I Soter was [[Alexander the Great]]'s general. He established the Ptolemy dynasty in [[Egypt]] and adopted the local customs and religion.
''He brought Alexander's 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]
== See also ==
*[[Alexander the Great]]
*[[Cleopatra]]
[[Category:Egypt]]
[[Category:Egypt]]