Patronizing can mean giving support to or being a customer of, suggesting that the condescending sense implies superiority gained through a donor-dependent relationship. The verb condescend used to be free of any hint of the offensive superiority it usually
The First King of Ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty. by Jimmy Dunn. In the ancient world, there is no surprise that military men often became rulers. These men, most of whom rose through the military ranks, usually had considerable administrative skills and had proved themselves to be leaders.
Upper and Lower Egypt split 1000 B.C. 900 B.C. 800 B.C. 728- Nubian king Piy conquered Egypt 700 B.C. 671- Assyrians attacked Egypt: 600 B.C. 525- Persians conquered Egypt 500 B.C. 400 B.C. 332- Alexander the Great conquered Egypt 305- Ptolemy I became pharaoh 300 B.C. 200 B.C. 196- Rosetta Stone carved 100 B.C. 31- Battle of Actium 30- Cleopatra VII died 0 A.D. 100 A.D. 200 A.D. 300 A.D. Last use of hieroglyphic writing: 400 A.D. 500 A.D. 600 A.D. 642- Egypt conquered by Arabs: 700 A.D. 800 A.D. 820- Caliph al Mamun entered the Great Pyramid: 900 A.D. 969- City of Cairo founded Casing blocks stripped off Giza pyramids 1000 A.D. 1100 A.D. 1200 A.D. 1300 A.D. 1400 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1517- Ottoman Turks ruled Egypt 1600 A.D. 1700 A.D. 1798- Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt 1799- Rosetta Stone found 1800 A.D. Travellers and explorers began uncovering the monuments of ancient Egypt 1822- Hieroglyphs deciphered 1859- 1869 Suez Canal built Egyptologists began formal excavations in Egypt 1900 A.D. 1922- Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun 1953- Egypt became independent