A rigorous, multi-module course examining Cleopatra VII’s strategic alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, the catastrophic Battle of Actium, and the final annexation of Egypt by Rome. Taught by a Qin Dynasty unification specialist, this course uniquely frames Egypt’s collapse through the comparative lens of imperial consolidation — drawing striking parallels between the Ptolemaic downfall and the Qin unification of China. You’ll emerge with a cross-civilizational understanding of how empires rise, fracture, and fall.