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 (“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 such as Serapis began in this region. (-5[2])After the Battle of Actium, the suicide of a ruler in this region led to the end of its Ptolemaic (10[1])dynasty. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, Cleopatra (10[1])VII (10[1])died in what modern-day country that contains the Pyramids of Giza? ■END■ (10[1])

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