Alexandria - Wikipedia
Founded in c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great, [8] Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt's capital.
Alexandria | History, Population, Map, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月7日 · Alexandria, major city and urban governorate in Egypt. Once among the greatest cities of the Mediterranean world and a center of Hellenic scholarship and science, Alexandria was the capital of Egypt from its founding by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE until its surrender to Arab forces in 642 CE.
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Alexandria, Virginia - Wikipedia
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.
History of Alexandria - Wikipedia
Alexandria, sphinx made of pink granite, Ptolemaic, Pompey's Pillar. Inheriting the trade of ruined Tyre and becoming the center of the new commerce between Europe and the Arabian and Indian East, the city grew in less than a generation to be larger than Carthage.
Alexandria, Egypt - World History Encyclopedia
2023年7月18日 · Alexandria is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt founded in 331 BCE by Alexander the Great. It was the site of the Pharos (lighthouse), one of the seven wonders of the ancient world...
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2024年11月7日 · Indeed, Alexandria became, within a century of its founding, one of the Mediterranean’s largest cities and a centre of Greek scholarship and science.
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2022年5月21日 · Alexandria is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. and was first settled by British colonists in 1695; since then, it has served as a major seaport—including many years as the center of the American slave trade—and seen a number of important historical moments.
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Alexandria: The City That Changed The World - History Hit
2023年10月31日 · Alexandria was the largest construction site of the ancient Mediterranean. Built on unoccupied ground, it was meticulously designed by the renowned architect Dinocrates, and followed Hellenistic city planning principles which used a grid pattern design with wide streets.