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Cleopatra, queen of Egypt in the years 51-30 BC, is back in the news thanks to a controversial docudrama series on Netflix called Queen Cleopatra. Much debate has raged about her ethnicity.
Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, was a woman of remarkable intelligence, political acumen, and strategic foresight.
The ethnicity outcry says more about today’s preoccupations with race than ancient Egypt’s.
The Hellenistic period was an exciting time of cultural exchange, innovation and warfare, which came about in the wake of the death of Alexander the Great.
By Steve Benner for CoinWeek ..... Pamphylia was not a country unto itself but a region. It is located on the southern coast of Asia Minor (Modern