Round 7: 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 (-5[1])(“KOY-lay-SEAR-ee-uh”). The founder of that dynasty that ruled this region buried Alexander the Great in his territory and took the epithet “Soter.” The worship of syncretic deities (10[1])such as Serapis began in this region. (10[1])After the Battle of Actium, the suicide of a ruler (10[1])in this (10[1])region (10[1])led to the end of its Ptolemaic (10[1])dynasty. (10[1])For 10 points, Cleopatra VII died in what modern-day country (10[1])that contains the (10[1])Pyramids of Giza? ■END■

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