Potential influence of Okmok volcano on migration in Ptolemaic Egypt

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Tourism Guidance Department - Faculty of Tourism & Hotels - University of Sadat City

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The "ἀναχώρησις" or migration to another place was wide spread during reign of Queen Cleopatra VII, especially from 43 to 42 B.C., because of the failure of the Nile River inundations and climate change, which resulted famine, starvation, food shortages, crop failure, prevalence of disease and epidemics, imposing heavy taxes despite the lack of Nile flooding, and entire unrest and struggle in Egypt.
So this research sheds light on the influence of the natural disasters such as Okmok volcano, which occurred during the Ptolemaic era and affected on the climate which resulted a lot of troubles in Ptolemaic Egypt during reign of Queen Cleopatra. The study depends on archaeological evidence, inscriptions and literary texts.

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