Cleopatra

 Cleopatra

 Where should Alexander's body be buried?

 Three hundred years before the birth of Jesus

 Somewhere in Iraq today, there was a heated debate.

 Three close associates stood beside him.

 One of them said that Alexander the Great wanted to bury him in the pyramid of the greatest Pharaoh in Egypt.

 But that did not happen.  Then where was Alexander the Great buried?

 A place in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria that no one knows today.

 But the man whom Alexander made governor of Egypt and who was in favor of burying Alexander with the Pharaohs

 Egypt's new Pharaoh became ruler.  This person was a Talmuk store.

 His family ruled Egypt for the next 300 years.

 In this family came both capable and incompetent rulers but there was one name which gained lasting fame.

 And sadly, this was the end of the family's rule.  The name was Cleopatra Seven.

 There are many true and false stories about it.  Which, of course, you may have heard.

 We look at these famous things one by one to see if they were true or, like most of the victorious histories, they were propaganda stories.

 1.  Was Cleopatra's name Cleopatra?

 First of all, his name was not Cleopatra.

 Just as the man was called Pharaoh in Egypt, Caesar in Rome, and Tsar in Russia

 Similarly, in this era of Egypt, the queen was called Cleopatra.

 Known as Cleopatra, the queen's real name was Cleopatra the Seventh Philopter.

 She was born into an Egyptian Talmud family about sixty-nine years before Jesus.

 2.  Was Cleopatra Egyptian or Greek?

 The family that Cleopatra belonged to came to Egypt to rule from Greece centuries ago, but has now been in Egypt for three hundred years.

 So if you want to say that Cleopatra's family was not historically Egyptian.

 But tell me, can a family living somewhere for three centuries be called a refugee?

 No, Cleopatra was also an Egyptian with Greek genes.

 She was the first queen of her family to learn the Egyptian language.

 3.  Was she an illegitimate child?

 That is exactly what is true today.

 But the ancient Egyptians had a tradition of marrying siblings to keep the blood line clean.

 Like many other royal families, the Ptolemaic dynasty has had this tradition for centuries.

 It is also written about Qaluptra's mother and father that they were probably siblings.

 Similarly, Qulu Patra also married his two brothers with whom he also has children.

 She was only eighteen years old when she became queen, and her brother was only thirteen.

 He had to assume the throne as a child after the death of his father.

 Remember that these male rulers of the Talmudic rulers called themselves Pharaohs.

 4.  Was Qaluptra really that beautiful?

 There is evidence in history that the beauty stories of Qaluptra were not as beautiful as they are.

 A glimpse of him is found in the coins in which his image was engraved.

 These coins clearly show his large pointed nose and masculine form.

 But some historians say she was beautiful

 But he had deliberately imprinted his masculine form on the coins in order to show himself powerful.

 Maybe he's really as beautiful as his stories are famous. After all, there was Greek blood in it.

 Some historians also write that the most beautiful thing in Qaluptra's personality was her voice and performances.

 She used to drive people crazy.  Then he knew how to impress people.

 When the Roman emperor Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt, there was a civil war between Qaluptra and one of his brothers.

 Qaluptra wanted to meet Caesar but she was afraid that her brother's army would not allow her to reach Caesar.

 So he did a trick.  He wrapped himself in a carpet.

 The servants of Qaluptra took this carpet and walked towards Caesar.  No one noticed the carpet on the way.

 The servants went into Caesar's tent and opened the carpet. Julius Caesar was surprised to see the Queen of Egypt in front of him.

 Similarly, when Qaluptra first visited Antony, she was in a gold boat.

 The hulls of the ark were made of silver, and Qaluptra herself took the form of a goddess.

 And her servants, wearing costumes like angels, were fanning her.

 This scene drove Antony crazy.

 5.  Qaluptra was also a capable ruler

 It is also a fact that where nature gave her a charming personality, she was also a capable ruler.

 She knew seven languages.  He also studied mathematics, philosophy and astronomy.

 She read in the magnificent libraries of Egypt.  His 22-year reign is called Egypt's glorious reign.

 He forgave the taxes of his people in the days of famine.

 She even provided free grain to the people.

 She was such a capable and powerful ruler that various factions of the Roman Empire called for her help.

 6.  Kalupatra was also the killer of her siblings

 There is an ancient royal tradition that a king used to kill his rivals to save the state from civil war or to increase its power.

 Qaluptra also followed the same tradition.

 Qaluptra, according to her family tradition, married one of her brothers and became a part of his government.

 But she wanted to take over the government herself.  So he started a war with his brother.

 In this war, he unexpectedly got the help of the Roman emperor Caesar.

 Pompey, Caesar's opponent, was defeated and took refuge in Egypt.  Qaluptra's brother sheltered him.

 But then Pompey was assassinated in Egypt.  He is said to have been killed by Cleopatra's brother.

 It is also written in history that he was killed by his own comrades.

 But instead of rejoicing over the murder of his opponent Pompey, Julius Sears became angry with the Egyptian ruler, Cleopatra's brother.

 It was a wonderful opportunity for Cleopatra.  He formed an alliance with Julius Sears and used it to wipe out his enemies.

 Qaluptra's brother drowned in the Nile.

 Now Cleopatra married her younger brother and later had him killed as well.

 He also killed his younger sister.

 6.  Did Qaluptra have anything to do with the assassination of the Roman ruler Julius Caesar?

 Qaluptra had a close relationship with Julius Sears, the last ruler of the Roman Republic.

 Caesar was instrumental in bringing Qaluptra to the throne in Egypt.

 Qaluptra and Julius Caesar were not married, but they lived together.  The Roman elite was troubled by their relationship.

 They thought that Caesar was dancing to the tune of Qaluptra.

 Qaluptra and Sears also had a son who is known in history as Caesarean.

 The Roman aristocracy believed that when Caesar and Qaluptra's offspring were young, Qaluptra would take over the government.

 The Roman elite did not like female rule and wanted to get rid of Qaluptra.

 Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman senators in 44 BC.

 Historians believe that one of the reasons for Caesar's assassination was to get rid of Qaluptra.

 7.  Qaluptra was a fashion icon in Egypt and Rome

 After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Qaluptra's stay in Rome became dangerous.

 She feared killing herself and her son Caesarean.  So she escaped and returned to Egypt.

 But as long as Qaluptra remained in Rome, she remained popular among the women of Rome and remained so even after her departure.

 The same Roman aristocracy that hated Qaluptra's women adopted Qaluptra's hairstyle, dress and jewelry as fashion.

 There was a time when every fashion for women in Rome started with Qaluptra.

 Qaluptra left Rome, but the style of beautification of women there remained the same as that of Qaluptra.

 Imagine how much Roman women were impressed by the Queen of Egypt. Many Roman women's statues are similar to those of Qaluptra.

 8.  Qaluptra and Roman general Mark Anthony roamed the streets

 After the assassination of Julius Caesar, several factions formed in Rome.

 The leader of one faction was Anthony, a close friend of Caesar, who dreamed of taking control of Rome.

 But it so happened that Antony also fell in love with Qaluptra and Qaluptra also fell in love with him.

 They got married and had three children.

 But even after marriage, their love for each other did not diminish.

 Both Antony and Qaluptra were alcoholics and vagabonds.

 They formed a separate circle of friends and they often drank together.

 Antony and Qaluptra often roamed the palace at night, mingling with ordinary citizens and making fun of them.

 9.  Qaluptra was also a naval commander

 Yes, she was beautiful, intelligent and not only a leader but also an admiral.

 They had become a strong naval force after the marriage of Qaluptra and Antony. The alliance of the two alerted Antony's enemies in Rome.

 Because the alliance of the two was a powerful alliance.

 But Antonio's enemies also propagated in Rome against this alliance that he was a traitor to Rome.

 And that he wants to establish a dictatorship in Rome with Julius Caesar's friend Qaluptra.

 The two factions finally fought on September 2, 31 BC, at the site of Actem, near Greece.

 In this battle, Qaluptra also came to compete with Antony, commanding the navy, against the Greek general Activin.

 But they lost the war.  Both were forced to return to the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria.

 But General Activin's army pursued them and entered Alexandria.

 They wanted to arrest Anthony, but Antony preferred death to avoid the humiliation of being arrested and committed suicide.

 10  Did Qaluptra die from a snake bite?

 It is more or less a coincidence of history that Qaluptra and General Mark Anthony committed suicide.  There is disagreement on how it was done.

 There is a story that after the defeat of General Activin in the field of Greek territory Actem, Qaluptra hid in a secret shelter in Egypt.

 During this time he tried to establish a relationship with the victorious General Activin or a deal but failed.

 It is said that he himself spread the rumor to General Anthony that Qaluptra had committed suicide out of frustration over his defeat.

 General Antony, in love with Qaluptra, believed the rumor to be true and stabbed himself in the chest with his sword.

 But when Qaluptra came to know about this, she became guilty of sin.

 So he also committed suicide by biting himself with a snake.

 But if you think about it, such a mature, worldly and ruling-minded woman is less expected to commit suicide out of emotion.

 Therefore, the opinion of history seems to be more correct that it had realized its fate after the defeat.

 He was convinced that if he supported General Anthony, the Roman army would treat him harshly.

 So he swallowed the poison as kings or military rulers often did in those days.

 Qaluptra used to hide the deadly poison in one of her combs for such a long time.

 But the fact is that there is something even more interesting.

 11.  Is what we know about it true?

 Everything we know about Cleopatra was written years after her death and by her enemies.

 Because Cleopatra was a powerful Egyptian queen.  It was a time of civil war in the Roman Republic overseas.

 Different factions were trying to snatch power from each other.

 The group also sought the help of a powerful woman like Cleopatra for outside help.

 But you have already seen that in the last alliance, the alliance of Qaluptra and the Greek rebel General Antony was defeated.

 After which both committed suicide.

 The Greek faction of General Actwin, which had won from Qaluptra, was the same faction

 Who used to propagate to his compatriots to frighten them with the rule of one woman.

 So when history was later written in the Roman court, the same thing was written about Cleopatra

 Which his victorious enemies wanted to write.

 He presented the stories of alliance with other forces of Qaluptra as his sex stories.

 Which may be true and may be false.

 But there is no other opinion in one thing and that is that

 The first version of all that exists about Qaluptra was written by his enemy, the Romans.

 12  The most expensive film made on Qaluptra

 The story of Neil's queen Qaluptra has been presented thousands of times in movies, dramas and on stage.

 But the most famous film made in 1963 was Cleopatra named after him.

 Elizabeth Taylor played the role of Qaluptra.

 Its budget increased from بیس 2 million to سا 45 million.

 Today, that's 32 million.

 It was such a big budget that the film's producer, Studio Twentieth Century Focus Bank, came close to being corrupt.

 The costumes of Qaluptra in the film alone cost more than two million dollars.

 At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film ever.  Saadat Hassan Manto has also written a memorable play on Qaluptra.

 But this is just the story of a scene in which the last moments of Qaluptra and Mark Antony are presented in a very romantic way.

 Qaluptra was the queen of Egypt two thousand years ago. You saw her story but remember

 Because the older the history, the more mythical it is.

 Of course, the more modern history is, the closer it is to reality, and the easier it is to scrutinize it anyway.