Realm · 307–30 BCE
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Ptolemaic Kingdom appears on the map from 307 BCE to 30 BCE. At its greatest recorded extent, in 31 BCE, it covered about 1.27 million km².
When Alexander's empire broke up, his general Ptolemy took Egypt, declared himself king in 305 BCE and founded the last dynasty of pharaohs. The Ptolemies were Macedonian Greeks who ruled from Alexandria, a new Greek city on the coast, while presenting themselves to Egyptians as traditional pharaohs and building temples to Egyptian gods. Egypt's grain made them rich, and they fought repeated wars with the Seleucids over Syria. More about Ptolemaic Kingdom.
See Ptolemaic Kingdom on the map in 31 BCE
- On the map
- 307–30 BCE
- Greatest extent
- 31 BCE, about 1.27 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Ptolemaic Kingdom · Wikidata Q2320005
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 307–302 BCE | 654,345 km² |
| 301–292 BCE | 703,905 km² |
| 291–284 BCE | 849,212 km² |
| 283–282 BCE | 849,164 km² |
| 281–280 BCE | 944,000 km² |
| 279–278 BCE | 845,645 km² |
| 277–273 BCE | 846,925 km² |
| 272–265 BCE | 741,676 km² |
| 264–257 BCE | 754,256 km² |
| 256–248 BCE | 677,551 km² |
| 247–240 BCE | 782,800 km² |
| 239–219 BCE | 798,660 km² |
| 218–217 BCE | 738,821 km² |
| 216–213 BCE | 778,069 km² |
| 212–204 BCE | 779,426 km² |
| 203–198 BCE | 780,244 km² |
| 197–189 BCE | 505,776 km² |
| 188–171 BCE | 570,197 km² |
| 170–165 BCE | 156,392 km² |
| 164–127 BCE | 679,560 km² |
| 126–111 BCE | 669,318 km² |
| 110–32 BCE | 565,938 km² |
| 31 BCE | 1.27 million km² |
| 30 BCE | 554,397 km² |