Alexandria : city of gifts and sorrows : from Hellenistic civilization to multiethnic metropolis /

Alexandria: City of Gifts and Sorrows is a historical journey from the third century to the multiethnic metropolis of the 20th century, bringing together two diverse histories of the city. Ancient Alexandria was built by the Greek Ptolemies who completed the grand library and museum, which functione...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Polyzōidēs, Apostolos (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Eastbourne ; Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, 2014.
Temas:
HISTORY > Middle East > Egypt.
Alexandria (Egypt) > History.
Egypt > Alexandria
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Alexandria in the early 1950s
  • Modern Alexandrian authors
  • Reflections on ancient Alexandria
  • Alexander III the Great
  • The quest for the elusive tomb of Alexander the Great
  • Alexandria the great
  • The collapse of ancient Alexandria
  • Rebirth of Alexandria, 1805-1952
  • Foreign communities
  • Four years of uncertainty and anxiety, 1952-1956
  • The Suez Canal war
  • The decline of modern Alexandria.

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