Cleopatra
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The New Queen Cleopatra
Cleopatra's aim is to rule alone. Though sole women pharaohs are not unheard of, they've always had to be wily to maintain their position in what is still a patriarchal society. The new queen Cleopatra maintains the loyalty of her subjects by continuing and refining her father's temple-building projects. Her public relations work soon pays off. When a series of bad harvests force her to raise taxes, her solid relationship with her people and priests prevents rebellion. She takes to wearing an outer cloak of black over her sumptuously embellished linen sheath dresses, making her instantly recognizable as the goddess Isis.
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