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biography of cleopatra
Title: biography of cleopatra
Category: Literature / English
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biography of cleopatra
Historical Personalities & Issues
Compiled & Edited by Phillip True, Jr.
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Chapter Eleven
CLEOPATRA VII (69-30 B.C.)
More nonsense has been written about Cleopatra than any other African queen. Cleopatra was generally pictured as a distinct African woman, dark in color.
Born in 69 B.C., Cleopatra came to the throne that she shared with her brother, Ptolemy XIII, when she was 18 years old.
Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, has come down to us through twenty centuries, as …showed first 75 words of 231 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 231 total…stongly motivated by politics began. Her effect on Mark Antony was profound. This noble Roman turned traitor to his own people when he attempted to save the country of this fascinating Black Queen.
After Antony's death, the victor, Octavius, assumed full control of Egypt. Cleopatra, now without a protector or champion, committed suicide. After Cleopatra's death, Egypt became a Roman colony and the harsher aspects of Roman rule settled over Egypt and the Middle East.
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