Cleopatra's Last Paroah Research Paper

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Egypt's Last Pharoah

Did you know Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt? Did you also know she was of Greek descent not Egyption? She ruled from 51 bc to 31 bc. Cleopatra is really cool because she killed a lot of people, the way she died was really cool, and she was friends with benefits with Julius Caesar. So, Cleopatra killed a lot of people and it was really awesome but I will only talk about a couple of people she killed or battles she was in. The most famous battle she was in was the battle of Actium, which was her and Marc Antony vs Octavian. Another reason is that she killed her brother, Ptolemy because she wanted to rule on her own, not be a co-pharoah. The last person she killed was Mark Antony, her husband, she killed

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