Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was the last pharoah of Egypt?

  1. Alexander the Great

  2. Tutankhamen

  3. Julius Caesar

  4. Cleopatra VII

  5. Nefertiti
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Explanation

Cleopatra VII was the last active pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She ruled from 51-30 BCE and was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. After her defeat in the Battle of Actium and the subsequent Roman conquest, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. Her death in 30 BCE marked the end of the Hellenistic period and the beginning of Roman Egypt.

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