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Mar 2021
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Conversations: Seduction or Strategy? Th...

Liv Albert
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In a bit of a departure from other Conversations episodes, Dr. Rad and Dr. G of the Partial Historians Podcast give Liv a history lesson, with a rundown on the life of Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt.

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