Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC (the exact date is disputed) as Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Aleksándreia). Alexander's chief architect for the project was Dinocrates. Ancient accounts are extremely numerous and varied, and much influenced by subsequent developments.
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.
Alexander the Great (r. 356-323 BCE) founded, reorganized, or re-established several towns and cities across his empire and gave most of them the name of Alexandria.
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, and the legendary Library of Alexandria and was once the most vital cultural center of the ancient world, rivaling even Athens, Greece.
Alexandria was the intellectual and cultural centre of the ancient Mediterranean for much of the Hellenistic age and late antiquity. [8] It was at one time the largest city in the ancient world before being eventually overtaken by Rome.
The Library of Alexandria was established under the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt (323-30 BCE) and flourished under the patronage of the early kings to become the most famous library of the ancient world, attracting scholars from around the Mediterranean, and making Alexandria the preeminent intellectual center of its time until its decline after ...
Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great and designed and built by the Greek architect Dinocrates around 332-331 BC on the site of an ancient village called Rhakotis (Raqote). According to the Greek historian Strabo, when its foundations were being laid out, the chalk used to define its parameters ran out.
Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, just eight years before his death in 323 BC. It quickly became a monumental city due to its strategic location and vision. Alexander, seeking to consolidate his empire, chose this site along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria was one of the most important and influential cities of the ancient world. Located on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, Alexandria served as a major center of trade, culture, and scholarship.
From its humble origins to dizzy heights and present-day strife, Islam Issa's book 'Alexandria: The City That Changed The World', provides a wide-ranging and sweeping biography of this iconic city that has shaped our modern world.