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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| When was your person born? | Cleopatra was born 69 B.C. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Where was your person born? | Cleopatra was born in Alexandria Egypt. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Where did your person grow up? | Cleopatra grew up in Alexandria Egypt in a palace. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Did anything eventful occur during your person's childhood? | Cleopatra's sister's were so jealous because they thought that she would be chosen as the next Queen instead of them. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Did your person go to school? | She had private tutors. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| What type of home life did your person have? | Full of conflict, sister's tried to kill her. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Who were your person's parents? | King Ptolemy XII of Egypt and an unknown mother. Cleopatra by Duane W. Roller |
| Did your person grow up with his/her parent's | Yes |
| Did your person have any brothers or sisters? | Yes, she had 2 brothers and 3 sisters and was the second child. Cleopatra by Duane W. Roller |
| Are there any other family members that influenced your person? | Yes, her sisters wanted her dead. She married both of her bothers |
| What type of relationship did your person have with his/her family? | Violent because all of them wanted to have what they wanted and were willing to kill each other to get it.Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Was your person married? If yes, did the spouse play a major role in their life? | Yes, multiple times to her own brothers, she had children with Julius Caesar, Mark Antony. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Did your person have any particular strength? | Cleopatra had a very intelligent and had a good sense of survival. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Did your person win any awards? | Antony gave her large areas of Roman land. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Did your person face any personal challenges during his/her life? | Constantly in a struggle to stay alive and acquire power.Cleopatra by Duane W. Roller |
| How did your person respond to these problems? | Strategic thinking and swift action. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Was anyone else involved in these issues? | Yes, Julius Caesar, family members and Mark Antony |
| Was there an end to the problems that your person faced? | Only in death. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| How and when did this person die? | Suicide in 30 B.C.Cleopatra by Duane W. Roller |
| In what ways was the life remarkable, despicable, and admirable? | She was Queen at 18 years of age. She would do anything to maintain power. She was very intelligent and found many ways to survive and obtain power and found many ways to keep it.Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| What human qualities were most influential in shaping the way this person lived and influenced his or her times? | Survival of the most intelligent and strong relationship building. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Which quality or trait was most beneficial? | Fore thought of coming events and situations with the ability to take swift action. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| In what way did your person act that went against what we consider to be moral and just? | he married her own brothers |
| Was your person someone that history looks down upon? | Yes and no, she is looked down upon for the things that she did to obtain and maintain power |
| Why and do you think all people feel the same as you? | Many people today still believe in survival of the most intelligent and swiftest to act without remorse. |
| Did anything eventful occur during your person's childhood? | By her 16th birthday her sisters had been killed because they had tried to take the power from their father.Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Did anything eventful occur during your person's childhood? | At 18 Cleopatra married her 10 year old brother. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Did anything eventful occur during your person's childhood? | Her and her brother ruled jointly,, even though Cleopatra wanted to rule alone. Cleopatra by Jane Bingham |
| Religion during her childhood? | Egyptians believed that the sacred bulls, in a temple at Buchis, were the sungod Amun-Re in animal form. She rode a bull down the Nile to show the people that she respected their Gods. Cleopatra the Queeen of Kings by |
| Termoil | The Ptomely Empire was collapsing and the Roman Empire was growing. Cleopatra by Duane W. Roller |