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mirrorspirit t1_j21i5e3 wrote

Reply to comment by bigharrydong in Ask Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, Anthropology by AutoModerator

They've had pretty easy contact with other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In later eras, they developed along with Ancient Greeks and Romans, so there were plenty interaction between the cultures.

The Ptolemy line, from which Cleopatra VII (the famous Cleopatra) descended, had partial Greek ancestry.

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Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j21lo57 wrote

Alexander the great conquered Egypt as part of the Persian empire resulting in the founding of the city of Alexandria so there were a great many Greeks in Egypt.

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CrateDane t1_j2285a3 wrote

> > > > > The Ptolemy line, from which Cleopatra VII (the famous Cleopatra) descended, had partial Greek ancestry.

I mean they originally were fully Greek, and they did their level best to stay that way through most of their dynastic period. Even when they adopted the local custom of sibling marriage, that would only have reduced the influx of local non-Greek heritage.

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