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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.
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''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]
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Following Alexander's death ''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]
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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*[[Cleopatra]]
 
*[[Cleopatra]]
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty]
       
[[Category:Egypt]]
 
[[Category:Egypt]]
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