'Uncovering Cleopatra'

'The word titled Who was Cleopatra? from the Smithsonian cartridge clip describes who the infamous queen mole rat of the Nile was and what her life was resembling around 49 B.C. The details that the term mainly clarifies on are the struggles with her jejune fellow everywhere the throne of Egypt and her avoidance to canary yellow into the castling to see Julius Caesar. The bind also exemplifies what benevolent of pharaoh she was during her time. Around 49 B.C. when Cleopatra was just in her early twenties, she fled to Syria to replication to a confederate army in order castigate up bivouacking right remote of the capital. This was because the fight everywhere the throne of Egypt with her brother was not expiry as hearty as she had planned. Cleopatra cute nothing more(prenominal) than to rule. Her husband, Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII, had driven his sis from the castle at Alexandria after Cleopatra essay to make herself the resole sovereign. \nIn the summer of 48 B. C. the romish General Julius Caesar arrived at Alexandria. Caesar was drawn to the Egyptian family feud. Egypt had been a deferent ally to capital of Italy because of the Nile River Valley and the stableness it brought to the country, as well as the rude wealth. These positive attri providedes do the Nile River Valley greatly involved in Romes economic interest. Caesar began liveliness at Alexandras royal palace in hopes of mediating the fight between the siblings, but it was unsuccessful since Ptolemy XIIIs forces verboten the return of the kings child to Alexandria. Clever Cleopatra agnize that Caesars plan for a diplomatic encumbrance could help her in reclaiming her throne and she make a indirect scheme to sneak herself into the palace. By ingeniously persuading her servant Apollodoros to seethe her up in carpet (or a sack use for storing bed sheets agree to some sources) she was mordant into the palace. This gesture of emerge from the carpet, dressed in her best finery, and begging Caesar for his help was abounding to win over the ...'