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Definition of Ptolemaics

Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic Ptol`e*ma"ic, a. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer. Ptolemaic system (Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.

Meaning of Ptolemaics from wikipedia

- The Ptolemaic Kingdom (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Koinē Gr****: Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία, romanized: Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Gr**** polity...
- Ptolemaic is the adjective formed from the name Ptolemy, and may refer to: Ptolemaic dynasty, the Macedonian Gr**** dynasty that ruled Egypt founded in...
- The Ptolemaic dynasty (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Ancient Gr****: Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidae; after Ptolemy I's father...
- a Ptolemaic cosmology, the Venus epicycle can be neither completely inside nor completely outside of the orbit of the Sun. As a result, Ptolemaics abandoned...
- Ptolemaic Terrascope is a magazine covering old and new music, usually of a psychedelic nature. It has been published irregularly since 1989. Originally...
- The Ptolemaic army was the army of the Ptolemaic Gr**** kings that ruled Egypt from 305 to 30 BC. Like most of the other armies of the Diadochi, it was...
- Coinage of the Ptolemaic kingdom was struck in Phoenician weight, also known as Ptolemaic weight (about 14.2 grams). This standard, which was not used...
- The Ptolemaic Decrees were a series of decrees by synods of ancient Egyptian priests. They were issued in the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which controlled Egypt...
- The Ptolemaic navy was the naval force of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and later empire from 305 to 30 BC. It was founded by King Ptolemy I. Its main naval bases...
- Denmark, Yearbook 1961] (in Danish). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ptolemaic world maps. Nicholas the German's c. 1480 Florentine edition, the first...