Optional support for Deep Podcast: / deeppodcastiran Instagram: / deep.podcast Telegram Channel: Https://www.telegram.me/deeppodcast ـ The history of Egypt is so deep and rich that even its ancient periods were categorized. Here it is enough to know that before the time of Alexander, they call it ancient Egypt. In 3100 BC, a person named Menes established a unified government in Egypt. This government was the beginning of the kingdom in ancient Egypt. Menes became the first pharaoh of Egypt. The people of that time considered the pharaohs to be descendants of the gods. They felt that whoever became a pharaoh was different from all other humans and knew the secrets of heaven and hell. Cleopatra's father gave his daughter to expert teachers and tutors from a young age to receive the necessary education. According to Egyptian law, women could not be rulers or rulers, of course, solutions could be found to solve this problem. Cleopatra received the necessary education well. When she grew up, her father felt that the best possible person to rule Egypt was none other than his daughter. But everything was not that simple. He was born into one of the bloodiest and most criminal families in history. A family that had ruled Egypt for three hundred years, and betrayal, murder, and slaughter of people had become part of their daily routine. In general, the Ptolemies solved their problems with slaughter and did not recognize insiders or outsiders. Due to political and non-political rivalries, the first and last solution that came to their mind was physical elimination. The eliminated people could be the closest family members. That is, father, mother, sister, brother. There was not a day when a body or a bloody dagger was not found in the palace corridor. Incestuous marriage was a common thing in ancient times. It also went back to the fact that great families wanted their race to remain pure and that strangers should not enter the family. As it is said, Cleopatra's mother was originally her father's niece, who had married each other. When Ptolemy XII died, Cleopatra succeeded him according to his will. The person known in history as Cleopatra VII, according to the laws of that time in Egypt, a woman could not rule the country, but as we know, before Cleopatra, there were women who ruled, so what were the conditions like now? Along with these, there had to be a man who the elders considered the rule of a woman to be legal. That is, a woman alone could not rule. For this reason, Cleopatra's ten-year-old brother played the role of this man. The next rule was that these people had to marry each other so that power would remain in the family. But there was a problem in this. Neither Cleopatra nor her young brother wanted to share power with anyone. The brother and sister married each other and were very friendly on the surface, but inwardly, each of them sought to eliminate the other. But in this situation, Cleopatra had the upper hand, she was both older than her brother and those around her, especially her father's friends, were more interested in Cleopatra. The queen in our story used this influence and ordered her brother's name to be erased from all official documents. She even said that all coins in Egypt should be minted with Cleopatra's image. This girl had an ambitious spirit and liked to show off her power to everyone. On the other hand, her brother was not helpless. Although she was not very old, there were people around her and gave her advice. Queen Cleopatra always felt in danger. To the extent that she would have one of her maids test everything before eating to make sure it was not poisonous. The history of this family had shown well where the result of these joint reigns was going to end. It was sooner or later, but there was no fuel and one of the two always had to be eliminated. The same things happened to Cleopatra very soon. A conspiracy was hatched against her and Cleopatra fled Egypt with her sister. Her brother also seized power with the help of the army and became Ptolemy XIII. Cleopatra's father was very close to the Romans during his lifetime, but Cleopatra had lost their support. While she was in exile, the Roman Republic was involved in a civil war. A major conflict between two prominent Roman generals, Pompey and Julius Caesar. During this civil war, Pompey was defeated and fled to Alexandria in Egypt, and Caesar followed Pompey to the same region. Ptolemy XIII said to himself that this was the best opportunity to make room in Julius Caesar's heart. What should I do? Now that his enemy has entered Egyptian soil, I will capture him and behead him. Then I will present this severed head to Julius Caesar. Cleopatra was in exile when this news was brought to her. She was very happy to hear this story because now she could regain power in Egypt with Caesar's help. But what should she do to bring Caesar closer to her?