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  2. Capitulation of Alexandria (1801) - Wikipedia

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    The text of the Capitulation is printed in full in Robert Wilson's History of the British expedition to Egypt. [1] Each article as proposed by General Menou is followed by a comment: the proposed articles as amended by these comments form the capitulation as it was finally put into effect, bringing the conflict to a formal end on 2 September 1801.

  3. List of ancient treaties - Wikipedia

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    Tablet of the first known treaty in history, Treaty of Kadesh, at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.. The following is a list of ancient peace treaties: . The Treaty of Kadesh (1259 BC) - peace treaty made between Ancient Egyptians, under Rameses II and the Hittites, under Ḫattušili III, concluded several years after the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BC) in which Rameses II fought with Muwatalli II.

  4. Uluru Statement from the Heart - Wikipedia

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    Parts of the statement state that First Nations Law was violated by the coming of the British to Australia, that Australia was not settled or discovered but invaded, that the Stolen Generation was an attempt to breed Aboriginality out of people, that Makarrata (another word for treaty) is the culmination of the agenda of the signatories and is ...

  5. Siege of Alexandria (641) - Wikipedia

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    The population of Alexandria was influenced by both the cultural and religious views of their Roman rulers; nevertheless, the rural population spoke Coptic, rather than Greek, which was more common in the coastal cities. [4] Egypt at the time had just recently been conquered by the Sasanian Empire and retaken by treaty.

  6. Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    The idea of reviving the ancient Library of Alexandria in the modern era was first proposed in 1974, when Lotfy Dowidar was president of the University of Alexandria. [142] In May 1986, Egypt requested the executive board of UNESCO to allow the international organization to conduct a feasibility study for the project. [142]

  7. Donations of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Donations of Alexandria (by Mark Antony to Cleopatra and her children) in 34 BC. The Donations of Alexandria (autumn 34 BC) was a political act by Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony in which they distributed lands held by Rome and Parthia among Cleopatra's children and gave them many titles, especially for Caesarion, the son of Julius Caesar.

  8. History of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Alexandria, sphinx made of pink granite, Ptolemaic, Pompey's Pillar. Map of ancient Alexandria. 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.

  9. Nabataean Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Petra was included in a list of major cities in the Mediterranean area to be visited by a notable from Priene, a sign of the significance of Nabataea in the ancient world. Petra was counted with Alexandria , which was considered to be a supreme city in the civilized world.