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This well known city is discussed as it relates to culture and politics in this 4 page paper. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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both west and east ("Alexandria," 2009). This city was founded by Alexander the Great in the year 331 BC at a time when he took Egypt from the Persians ("Alexandria,"
2009). Alexandria had been developed primarily by two Ptolemies ("Alexandria," 2009). Its history is rich and its significance is vast. Alexandria was designed by Alexanders own architect named Dinocrates
("Alexandria," 2009). It is therefore no surprise that the city included the best in architecture and Hellenic planning ("Alexandria," 2009). The city is exquisite. One author sees it as follows:
"Within a century of its founding, its splendours rivaled anything known in the ancient world" ("Alexandria," 2009). The city was divided into three distinct zones that includes the Jews quarter,
the Rhacotis district, and the Brucheum ("Alexandria," 2009). The Rhacotis district was inhabited primarily by Egyptians and the Brucheum saw Greeks or royalty in its midst ("Alexandria," 2009). There was
segregation in part by religion and also partly by social status. It is important to emphasizes that Alexandria was not just a city near Egypt. It was an important
region politically. Egypt for some time had been ruled by the Greeks from a city called Alexandria (Shillington, 2005). They ruled from Alexandria since the city was taken over by
Alexander the Great in 332 BCE (Shillington, 2005). Shillington (2005) explains: "The intermixture of different cultures was not peaceful or entirely successful. The result of this contact between Egyptian, Greek,
Jewish, and, eventually, Christian communities was a succession of civil, political and military disturbances that plagued Egypt, especially Alexandria..." (Shillington, 2005, p.413). Chesser (2009) comments: "One ancient writer claimed that
there was no people who loved a fight more than those of Alexandria." The Alexandrine War is an important part of Alexandrias history. This was also the time that Julius
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