Misplaced Pages

Ptolemaic: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 17:45, 28 April 2008 editXyzzyplugh (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers19,952 edits cleanup← Previous edit Revision as of 08:56, 22 November 2008 edit undoZebra2016 (talk | contribs)52 editsmNo edit summaryNext edit →
Line 11: Line 11:
*] *]
*] *]
*Ptolemaic political and societal system


'''Ptolemaic''' can also refer to other people or objects called Ptolemy, see ]. '''Ptolemaic''' can also refer to other people or objects called Ptolemy, see ].

Revision as of 08:56, 22 November 2008

Ptolemaic is the adjective formed from the name Ptolemy.

This adjective is usually used in one of two ways:

  • To describe the Egyptian dynasty founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter
  • To describe the writings of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the 2nd century AD geographer and astronomer/astrologer

Common uses include:

Ptolemaic can also refer to other people or objects called Ptolemy, see Ptolemy (name).

Topics referred to by the same term Disambiguation iconThis disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ptolemaic.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Category: