Editing 322 BC (section)

==== Egypt ====
* By custom, kings in [[Macedon]]ia assert their right to the throne by burying their predecessor. To pre-empt [[Perdiccas]], the imperial regent, [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] has [[Alexander the Great]]'s body brought to [[Memphis, Egypt]] and buried there in a gold [[sarcophagus]]. Ptolemy then marries Alexander's mistress, [[Thaïs]] and commences to reign as king of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] and the adjacent [[Libya]]n and [[Arabia]]n regions.
* Ptolemy, taking advantage of internal disturbances, acquires the African Hellenic towns of [[Cyrenaica]] without the authority of Perdiccas.
* Ptolemy executes his deputy, [[Cleomenes of Naucratis]], on the suspicion that Cleomenes favours Perdiccas. This action removes the chief check on his authority, and allows Ptolemy to obtain the sizable funds that Cleomenes has accumulated.