Nasaba ya Waptolemaio

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Nasaba ya Waptolemaio (Kigiriki Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi) walikuwa mlolongo wa watawala wa Misri ya Kale na familia zao tangu mwaka 305 KK hadi mwaka 30 BK ^[1]. Waptolemaio walikuwa familia yenye asili ya Kigiriki katika Masedonia. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Walikuwa nasaba ya mwisho ya Misri ya Kale wakitawala juu ya Milki ya Kiptolemaio.

Nasaba ilianzisha na Ptolemaio I aliyewahi kuwa rafiki wa karibu na jenerali wa Aleksander Mashuhuri. Baada ya kifo cha Aleksander kwenye mwaka 323 KK aliteuliwa kuwa gavana wa Misri. Mnamo 305 KK alijitangaza kuwa mfalme Ptolemaio I akijulikana pia kwa jina la nyongeza kama Sōter ("mwokozi"). Familia ya Ptolemaio ilitawala Misri hadi wakati ushindi wa Warumi kwenye mwaka 30 KK.

Kiutamaduni Waptolemaio walikuwa Wagiriki lakini walijitahidi kutumia mapokeo ya Misri kwa utawala wao. Walikaa katika mji mkuu Aleksandria uliokuwa pia mji wenye ustaarabu wa Kigiriki ulioundwa na Aleksander Mashuhuri mwenyewe alipovamia Misri kwenye mwaka 332/331 KK. Malkia wa mwisho Kleopatra alikuwa Mptolemaio wa kwanza aliyeongea Kimisri fasaha.

Katika karne ya pili ya utawala wao walirudi katika mji mkuu wa kale Memphis kwa ibada ya kupokea ufalme na taji la Misri kila baada ya kifo cha mfalme na kuingia mfalme mpya.

Walipokea pia desturi ya Kimisri kwamba farao aliweza kuoa dada yake ^[7] na Waptolemaio wengi walizaliwa katika ndoa za aina hiyo.

Mafarao, yaani watawala wa kiume, walitumia jina rasmi "Ptolemaio" na tangu mwaka 193 KK malkia wote walitumia jina "Kleopatra" lililo mashuhuri hasa kutokana na malkia wa mwisho, Kleopatra VIII aliyefariki wakati wa uvamizi wa Kiroma akiwa mtawala wa mwisho wa Misri huru na wa nasaba yake.

1. ↑ Epiphanius of Salamis, however, puts the total number of years of the Ptolemy dynasty at 306. See: Epiphanius' Treatise on Weights and Measures - The Syriac Version (ed. James Elmer Dean), University of Chicago Press 1935, p. 28 (note 104), or what was from 306/5 BCE to 1 CE.
2. ↑ Jones, Prudence J. (2006). Cleopatra: A Sourcebook. University of Oklahoma Press. uk. 14. They were members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Macedonians, who ruled Egypt after the death of its conqueror, Alexander the Great.
3. ↑ Pomeroy, Sarah B. (1990). Women in Hellenistic Egypt. Wayne State University Press. uk. 16. while Ptolemaic Egypt was a monarchy with a Greek ruling class.
4. ↑ Redford, Donald B., mhr. (2000). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. Cleopatra VII was born to Ptolemy XII Auletes (80–57 BCE, ruled 55–51 BCE) and Cleopatra, both parents being Macedonian Greeks.
5. ↑ Bard, Kathryn A., mhr. (1999). Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge. uk. 488. Ptolemaic kings were still crowned at Memphis and the city was popularly regarded as the Egyptian rival to Alexandria, founded by the Macedonians.
6. ↑ Bard, Kathryn A., mhr. (1999). Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge. uk. 687. During the Ptolemaic period, when Egypt was governed by rulers of Greek descent...
7. ↑ Move over, Lannisters: No one did incest and murder like the last pharaohs on The A.V. Club