Your wife (and you) are wrong. Cleopatra was a Pharaoh.
Yes, she was a Greek decent of Alexander, and the Ptolemaic Dynasty was of his blood, not Egyptian, but it's founder Ptolemy declared himself Pharaoh, and therefore she had the title as well.
It's similar as to how Queen Elizabeth is the Queen of Canada, even though she is English. To say she isn't the Queen of Canada is simply incorrect.
This level of hubris is a perfect example of why mixed education is a good thing. Nobody is so gifted to be above the human frailty of being wrong.
Yes, she was a Greek decent of Alexander, and the Ptolemaic Dynasty was of his blood, not Egyptian, but it's founder Ptolemy declared himself Pharaoh, and therefore she had the title as well.
It's similar as to how Queen Elizabeth is the Queen of Canada, even though she is English. To say she isn't the Queen of Canada is simply incorrect.
This level of hubris is a perfect example of why mixed education is a good thing. Nobody is so gifted to be above the human frailty of being wrong.