The greek leader, alexander the great, had taken control of egypt in 332 b. c., and after alexander’s death in 323 b. c. his general, ptolemy, replaced him. from then until 30 b. c., when rome conquered egypt, a long line of pharaohs from the ptolemy family ruled the country. the ptolemys kept their greek culture, including their language, but they also respected the customs and religious beliefs of the native egyptians. the details in this excerpt serve as evidence for which fact?
a. some of the egyptian writings on the rosetta stone included hieroglyphs.
b. the inscription on the rosetta stone was the same in all three languages.
c. one of the three inscriptions on the rosetta stone was written in greek.
d. french soldiers discovered the rosetta stone while tearing down an old fort.

The correct answer is C) One of the three inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone was written in Greek.

The details in this excerpt serve as evidence for the fact that one of the three inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone was written in Greek.

The Rosetta stone allowed anthropologist to understand and interpret the Egyptian hieroglyphs. It was written in three scripts. One of them, in Greek, that is how anthropologist could interpret the information of the stone. French soldiers found the Rosseta stone in 1799, in a small village close to the delta of the Nile River. The place was called Rosseta.

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.