Ancient+Pharaohs+by+Hannah

**__// Ancient Pharaoh(s) Cleopatra //__** Pharaoh means "great house. "A pharaoh was supposed to be a good ruler and a strong, brave warrior. **The pharaoh was in charge but had officials called “viziers” or chief people who helped him run the country. A prince had to wait until his father died to become a pharaoh. The people believed that pharaohs were gods. The pharaoh usually married his half-sister or sister so that the children would have the same blood of a god. Pyramids contained the burial tombs and took years to build. They were started and planned by the pharaohs themselves.** ~ Egyptian religion was based on polytheism, or the worship of many deities (God). The Egyptians had as many as 2000 gods and goddesses. Some, such as Amun, were worshipped throughout the whole country, while others had only a local following. FACT: Often gods and goddesses were represented as part human and part animal.
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~Due to their beliefs, the Pharaoh had a large amount of power. In addition, the priests in Ancient Egypt were also very powerful. When things were going well, the people believed the priest and pharaoh were doing their jobs well; when things in the country were not going well, the people believed the pharaoh and the priest were to blame.

Cloepatra was queen of Egypt for a while.Here are some pictrues.

*Cleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. She had two older sisters, Cleopatra VI and Berenice IV as well as a younger sister, Arsinoe IV. There were two younger brothers as well, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.

*According to Egyptian law, Cleopatra was forced to have a consort, who was either a brother or a son, no matter what age, throughout her reign. She was married to her younger brother Ptolemy XIII when he was twelve,


 * What is often not associated with Cleopatra was her brilliance and her devotion to her country. She was a quick-witted woman who was fluent in nine languages, however, Latin was not one of them. She was a mathematician and a very good businesswoman.