Patronizing can mean giving support to or being a customer of, suggesting that the condescending sense implies superiority gained through a donor-dependent relationship. The verb condescend used to be free of any hint of the offensive superiority it usually
The First King of Ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty. by Jimmy Dunn. In the ancient world, there is no surprise that military men often became rulers. These men, most of whom rose through the military ranks, usually had considerable administrative skills and had proved themselves to be leaders.
Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef (or Antef, Inyotef ) was an Egyptian king of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt , who lived late during the Second Intermediate Period , when Egypt was divided into two by Hyksos controlled Lower Egypt and Theban ruled Upper Egypt.