Study Guide: Egypt under Greek and Roman Rule

Important names, terms, and concepts

New Kingdom: 1550-1069 BCE

Alexander the Great's Conquest of Egypt: 332 BCE

Cleopatra's defeat by the Romans & death 30 BCE

Alexander the Great

Alexandria

Cleopatra

Isis in the Greco-Roman period

Religion and identity in the 3 IP, late period, and Greco-Roman periods -- especially religious syncretism

Temple of Isis at Philae

Greco-Roman mummies

Study Questions

Is Cleopatra Greek, Egyptian, or both? Why do you answer this question in the way you do?

Religious or cultural syncretism is the combination, mixture, or fusion of different religious or cultural systems (with different origins) together: What are some examples of syncretism in the assignments for today? How do they express a mixture of two or more traditions?