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  2. History of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria by Placido Costanzi (1736-1737) 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 ...

  3. Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in April 331 BC as ... The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt, 300 B.C.–A.D. 700. (Pelican History of Art, Yale ...

  4. List of cities founded by Alexander the Great - Wikipedia

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    As the refoundation of Cyropolis, a settlement founded by Cyrus the Great, Alexandria Eschate was culturally and militarily important; Fraser terms it "the most politically significant [foundation] since Alexandria in Egypt". [13] Accepted Alexandria in the Caucasus Alexandria in Parapamisdai 329 BC: Near the Hindu Kush

  5. Timeline of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The modern Republic of Egypt was founded in 1953, ... Alexandria, Egypt and Antioch, Syria quickly became the leading centers of Christianity. [18]

  7. Mark the Evangelist - Wikipedia

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    According to tradition, in AD 49, about 16 years after the Ascension of Jesus, Mark travelled to Alexandria and founded the Church of Alexandria, having already been in Egypt for 4-5 years. The Coptic Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and the Coptic Catholic Church all trace their origins to this original community. [21]

  8. 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. [141] In May 1986, Egypt requested the executive board of UNESCO to allow the international organization to conduct a feasibility study for the project. [141]

  9. Church of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Alexandria in Egypt was the Christian Church headed by the ... Tradition holds that the Church of Alexandria was founded by Saint Mark the ...