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100

The beginning of Ptolemaic Egypt vs the end

What was the Greeks and Egyptians started out separated very carefully but eventually the border between the 2 became porous?

100

Why Egyptians would want to be seen as Egyptian

What is this was especially the women and they could get better treatment in Egyptian than in Greek divorce courts, but shortly after 150 they could still be seen as Greek for tax purposes?

100

Most important export from Egypt to Greece and Rome

What was Egyptian religion, which was used through taking aspects of it and mixing it into Roman life, for example, drawing a picture of Anubis in a centurion's outfit?

200

Greekness vs. Egyptianness

What eventually became by 2nd century BC based no someone's name and language and clothing?

200

Intermarriage usually consisting of

What was the man was a noble Greek officer or official and the woman the daughter of a powerful Egyptian official?

300

Nickname for those who were Egyptian ethnically but Greek for tax purposes

Who were tax Hellenes?

300

Earliest case of intermarriage between Greeks and Egyptians 

When was 250 BC?

400

Results of exempting more and more Egyptians from the "non-Greek" tax

What were fewer and fewer people, mostly in the countryside, paying more and more taxes, the Greeks were essentially swapping revenue for satisfaction, and more and more people just moved into these jobs but kept their Egyptian name and language as the border between the 2 cultures got more and more porous?

400

152 BC

What was roughly around when Egyptians who were "Greek" didn't even have to present their name as proof that they were "Greek," as the Greeks were getting more flexible than ever on whether an individual was Greek or not?

500

Exemptions from "non-Greek" tax

Who were at first the Greeks and Persians in Egypt then later on the "necessary" job holders (policemen, teachers, doctors, laundry people, priests, brewers) and the entertainment people, who were "necessary" to Greek culture (coaches, certain types of artists, athletic victors)?

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