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pirate787 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Egypt's pyramids may have been built on a long-los...

They became Greeks before that. The Ptolemaic pharaohs were Macedonians. Alexandria, Egypt, the second greatest city, was founded by Alexander the Great and was 35% Jewish.

sethrin 8 months ago [–]

I mean yes, the ruling class was Macedonian for a while, but saying "Egyptians became Greeks" is broadly not true.

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