
Even though Cleopatra was born in Egypt,her family origins were traced to Macedonian Greece and Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. He took the reigns of Egypt after Alexander’s death in 323 B.C., and he launched a dynasty of Greek-speaking rulers that lasted for nearly 300 years. Despite not being ethnically Egyptian, Cleopatra embraced many of her country’s ancient customs and was the first member of the Ptolemaic line to learn the Egyptian language. She not only spoke the Egyptian language but also dozen other languages and she was renowned for her intellect and knowledge in many disciplinaries
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