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1. Ptolemaic Period

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   Decline and Roman Absorption
   The later Ptolemaic period was marked by internal conflict, dynastic infighting, and increasing reliance on Roman political power brokers. The ascension of Cleopatra VII coincided with the kingdom’s final attempts to reassert dominance through strategic alliances rather than economic strength. Her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony were less matters of personal alliance than desperate attempts to export hi…