Persia http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?persia.htm
Name for the Iranian plateau, comprising today's Iran and Afghanistan. The name originally came from a small area in southern Iran, but it was used by the Greeks while referring to the whole region.
Ptolemy I http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ptolemy_1.htm
King of Egypt from 323 until 285 BCE and father of the Ptolemaic dynasty. His most important achievements were to declare Alexandria as the capital of his rule, and the foundation of the Library of Alexandria.