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

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