Round 5: Tossup 14

To bring her husband home from war, a queen of this region apocryphally offered her hair as a sacrifice, causing it to turn into a constellation. A dynasty that ruled in this region fought six wars against the Seleucid (“suh-LOO-sid”) Empire over the region of Coele-Syria (“KOY-lay-SEAR-ee-uh”). The founder of that dynasty that ruled this region buried Alexander the Great in his territory (10[1]-5[1])and took the (10[1])epithet “Soter.” The worship of syncretic deities (10[1])such as Serapis began in this region. After the Battle of (10[1])Actium, the suicide of a ruler in this (10[1])region led to the end of its Ptolemaic dynasty. For 10 points, (10[1])Cleopatra (10[1])VII died (10[1])in what modern-day country that contains the Pyramids of Giza? ■END■ (10[1])

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