Cleopatra was the daughter of the eleventh in the line.
The capital of the Ptolemies was Alexandria.

Until the time of Alexander's conquest, Egypt had no sea-port.

There were several landing-places along the coast, but no proper harbor.

In fact Egypt had then so little commercial intercourse with the rest of the world, that she scarcely needed any.

Alexander's engineers, however, in exploring the shore, found a point not far from the Canopic mouth of the Nile where the water was deep, and where there was an anchorage ground protected by an island.