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There are numerous attestations that Alexander founded a city in Lower Mesopotamia: many city-names such as Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon, Alexandria near Babylon, Alexandria near the Pallakopas, and Alexandria on the Tigris have been proposed; but it is likely that some of these names refer to the same city. [31]
Alexandria (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ɡ ˈ z æ n d r i ə,-ˈ z ɑː n-/ AL-ig-ZA(H)N-dree-ə; [4] ; [a] Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια, [b] Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
Plan of Alexandria c. 30 BC. The history of Alexandria dates back to the city's founding, by Alexander the Great, in 331 BC. [1] Yet, before that, there were some big port cities just east of Alexandria, at the western edge of what is now Abu Qir Bay.
Alexandria, a community of survivors in The Walking Dead comic and TV series; Film. Alexandria, a 2005 Indonesian film; Alexandria...
These currently include Fairfax, Franklin, Richmond, and Roanoke. In the past they also included Norfolk and Alexandria, whose counties changed their names, ostensibly to end some of the confusion; as well as Bedford, where a city was surrounded by a county of the same name from 1968 until 2013, when the city reverted to town status.
The emperor Claudius (ruled 41–54 AD) is recorded to have built an addition onto the Library, [93] but it seems that the Library of Alexandria's general fortunes followed those of the city of Alexandria itself. [94] After Alexandria came under Roman rule, the city's status and, consequently that of its famous Library, gradually diminished. [94]
The expulsion of the Jews from Alexandria, in 414 or 415 under the leadership of Saint Cyril. Around 100,000 Jews expelled—another Pogrom or "Alexandria Expulsion". [1] [2] 619 – City besieged; Sassanid Persians in power. 641–642 – City besieged; Arabs in power; [3] capital of Egypt relocates from Alexandria to Fustat.
Old Town Alexandria is one of the original settlements of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and is located about a half hour by car from Washington, D.C., of which it used to make up the southern part. [1] It was the oldest district of D.C. until it was ceded back to Virginia in 1846.