SAMPLE PAGE: Alexandria

1. Founding of the City:
   • Originally, this was a Persian-Egyptian shore city called Rhakotis.
   • Alexander the Great seized control of this small town from the Persians. This original group of people maintained a corner of Alexandria, making up one of three districts within Alexandria.
     •   Brucheum-Greek Quarter    
     •  Jewish Quarter —    
     •  Rhakotis
   • Alexander the Great renamed the city Alexandria in 331 BCE, wanting it to be a Hellenistic center in Egypt. He only stayed there planning the city for a few months before leaving to conquer Persia. He never returned alive, but his body was eventually buried in Alexandria.
   • He valued it for its large potential port to the Mediterranean.
   • It became the capital city of Egypt.

• General History of the City’s Development
  • Largest Mediterranean City in Egypt for centuries
  • Rapid development due to location
  • Massive amounts of trade – grain to Mediterranean, papyrus everywhere, goods from South Asia and East Asia.
  • Ended up connecting Europe with the Arabic and African worlds
  • Multicultural city.

• Intriguing Features and Events:
  • Lighthouse of Pharos (300 words of description and images about Lighthouse by Alpha Student.)
  • Library of Alexandria (300 words of description and images about Library and its history by Beta Student)
  • Hypatia of Alexandria (300 words of description and images about Library and its history by Gamma Student)
  • Jewish Population of Alexandria (300 words of description and images about Library and its history by Delta Student)
  • Alexandrian medicine (300 words of description and images about Library and its history by Iota Student)
• Visit Alexandria!
  • Come see Alexandria, whether you like to read, trade, eat, or meet a Pharaoh! We have plentiful food, more scrolls than anyone else in the Ancient Near East, many schools to further your education, and all sorts of exotic goods! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnICeKPZm5E (Or insert video directly)
• Later and Modern Alexandria
  • The Battle of Alexandria:  30 BC —Octavian invades Alexandria in the name of the Roman Republic —
  • The Siege of Alexandria:  619 AD —Fall of Roman Egypt —Persians push Roman rule out of Alexandria —Sassanid Persian Army vs Byzantine Army
  • The Second Siege of Alexandria:  641 AD —Muslims invade Alexandria —Led by Commander Amr ibn Al-Asi
  • Modern Alexandria – very small city, most of archaeological ruins underwater.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Capponi, Livia. Augustan Egypt: The Creation of a Roman Province. New York: Routledge, 2005. Print.

Capponi, Livia. Roman Egypt. London: Bristol Classics, 2011. Print.

Goldschmidt, Arthur. A Brief History of Egypt. Pennsylvania State University, 2008. Print.

Jankowski, James. Egypt a Short History. Oxford: One World, 2000. Print.

Lindsay, Jack. Daily Life in Roman Egypt. London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1963. Print.

Lindsay, Jack. Leisure and Pleasure in Roman Egypt. London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1965. Print.

Milne, J. G. A History of Egypt: Under Roman Rule. London: Methuen &, 1898. Print.

Strouhal, Eugen. Life of the Ancient Egyptians. Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1989. Print.