Known as the Mediterranean Bride, Alexandria is the second biggest city in Egypt after the city of Cairo. It is the second capital of Egypt and its antiquated capital. It is situated along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea around 70 km northwest of the Nile Delta. South to 71 km on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, circumscribed toward the east by Abu Qir Bay and Edco city, and the Sidi Kreir territory westbound to 36.330 km on the Alexandria-Matrouh roadway
Alexandria has numerous historic points. It has the biggest seaport in Egypt, the port of Alexandria, which serves around 80% of Egypt's aggregate imports and fares. It additionally houses the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which has a limit of more than 8 million books, Such as Qaytbay Castle, Al-Sawari and others, Alexandria has a populace of 4,123,869 (as per the 2006 statistics, they are occupied with business, mechanical and horticultural exercises.) Alexandria is partitioned into six authoritative regions: Al-Montazah, Sharq, Downtown, These areas have 16 segments It has 129 rulers and additionally real urban areas, for example, Burj Al Arab and the new city of Burj Al Arab
Work started on the development of Alexandria
by Alexander the Great in 332 BC by filling some portion of the water isolating
the island extending to the principle drift called "Pharos" by the
port of Atiq, and a little town called "Raktos" or "Rkoda"
encompassed by other little towns As well as between the ocean and Lake
Mariout, and taken by Alexander the Great and his successor the capital of
Egypt for very nearly a thousand years, until the Islamic triumph of Egypt by
Amr ibn al-Aas in 641,
Alexandria has been known all through history
through numerous milestones, for example, the Ancient Library of Alexandria,
which had more than 700,000 volumes, and the beacon of Alexandria, considered
one of the seven miracles of the world for its huge tallness of around 35 meters. This beacon
stayed set up until the point when it was crushed by an intense quake in 1307
Toward the start of the fourth century BC, Alexandria was just a little town called Raktus or an artist encompassed by little towns, which archeologists say may have been viewed as a key area to oust the general population who may infrequently assault from the west side of the Nile valley Or maybe Ractus was only a little angling town, and along the primary shoreline of the town there is an island called Pharos with a harbor serving both the island and the seaside towns
Around then Egypt was under Persian occupation
since the fall of the run of the Pharaohs and the 30 th family in 343 BC. Egypt
was not by any means the only one under the control of the Persians, the Levant
and Iraq were under this occupation, and in return for compel Persians was
developing quickly, The encounter between them in the spring of 334 BC, and
proceeded with fights between them until Alexander the Great entered the city
of Tire and after that to Gaza until the point that he entered Egypt in 333 BC
After Alexander the Great entered Egypt and ousted him to Persia, he was
invited by the Egyptians as a result of the savagery they were subjected to
under the Persian occupation. Keeping in mind the end goal to affirm that
Alexander the Great came to Egypt as a companion and partner as opposed to a
provincial gas, he went to visit the sanctuary of the immense divine force of
Egypt, In the desert garden of Siwa, and the ministers took the appropriation
custom to end up Alexander the Great child of the god Amun, and was later
called the child of Amun and on his way to the sanctuary go by the town of
anglers was called "artist"
He was awed by the place and chose to construct
a city bearing his name to be the purpose of contact amongst Egypt and Greece,
the city of Alexandria
(Ancient Greek: Ἀλεάάνρρεια ἡ κατ 'ἴἴυυττον; and current Greek: λλεάάνρρεια). He was
worked by the planner "Dinocrates" The lanes were on a level plane
sprawled on the vertical lanes. A while later, Alexander left Egypt traveling east to finish the
successes. He opened Persia,
yet his aspirations did not stop there, but rather he walked through India and Central Asia.
While Alexander was there, Where he was killed by death Ten days Monday, which
did not surpass thirty years of age
The times of the Greek Ptolemaic were changed into an
illustrious city with gardens, white marble segments and wide roads that later
turned into the capital of Egypt.
It wound up noticeably one of the urban communities of science and expressions
of the human experience after the Ptolemies had various momentous highlights,
for example, its substantial library Which is the principal genuine research
foundation ever, and its beacon, which ended up noticeably one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World. It was neglecting the ocean and south-east of the
eastern port, which was known as the Great
Harbor. At the point when
contrasted with Heraklion port at Abu Qir The mouth of one of the old
tributaries of the Nile, which has vanished, and now the mouth of the Nile has been lessened to 20 kilometers from
Abu Bakir at Rasheed
The city was ostensibly named to the Romans in
80 BC, as indicated by the desires of Ptolemy X, and it went on for about a
century prior tumbling to Julius Caesar in 47 BC. At the point when Rome abused
the contention and common war between Ptolemy XIII and his guides and sister
Cleopatra In the clash of Julius Caesar with Ptolemy XIII, the city fell under
the control of Commander Octavius, who turned out to be later Emperor
"August" on August 1 year 3 0 BC. In this manner, Egypt turned
into a Roman state. Alexandria remained the
biggest city in the huge Roman Empire after Rome's capital
Also, the Romans remodeled and re-burrowed the
antiquated waterway connecting the Nile and the Red Sea
to serve trade. The Romans additionally gave the Jews in Alexandria, who were a
fundamental piece of the populace structure of the city, numerous freedoms and
were permitted to run their issues But that did not stop the uprisings and
pressure in the city, which one of the antiquated authors portrayed as
"the most eager to revolutionary and battle from some other
individuals." From the insubordination of the Jews in 116 CE, the steady
strain amongst Jews and Greece
on old issues, Alexandrians push General Roman lead, which brought about 215 AD
and following the Roman head's visit to Alexandria
to the killing of more than twenty thousand as a result of a ballad spelling of
auxiliary talked in man
Be that as it may, a standout amongst the most
imperative reasons for the confusion is that the world saw a standout amongst
the most critical occasions ever, the introduction of the Christian religion,
which corresponded with the start of the Roman administer in Egypt. As the
new religion pulled in numerous Egyptians and welcome them to dismiss excessive
admiration and love God, From the mistreatment where Rome needed to force the
love of the ruler and also agnostic love on the Egyptians hit a gigantic tidal
wave on July 21, 365 years of a quake close Crete, bringing about incredible
annihilation and obliteration
Christianity increased extraordinary power notwithstanding all contentions even with the religion of alternate Egyptians of agnostics, particularly amid the rule of Emperor Theodosius the Great (378-395), who issued a declaration invalidating worshipful admiration. The Patriarch of Alexandria, Theophilus (385-412 AD), resolved to actualize the supreme declaration with accuracy and He was trailed by the Emperor's powers. Various agnostic sanctuaries were annihilated and others were changed over into chapels, for example, the Sarabium Temple of Serapis in 391 CE
The development of exchange Alexandria was dynamic amid the Islamic
period, and another divider was worked for the city. An appointment of
researchers, for example, Imam Shati, Hafiz Salafi and other people who
affected the logical development of the city and the landmarks left by the
primary period of the opening of the place of worship and Mosque of Abu Darda,
, In the range of Attarin, who took an interest in the opening of Egypt
The city was hit by solid quakes in 956 and
1303 and 1323, which prompted the devastation of its well known light. Just the
stone establishment on which the Qaytbay fortification was manufactured was
worked amidst the fifteenth century AD. Alexandria
was likewise assaulted by Crusades. The latest was in October 1365, Without
segregation amongst Muslims and Christians and plundering and striking mosques,
yet in 1480 the Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay assembled a stronghold for the city to
ensure it in a similar area of the beacon and now known as "Qaitbay
Citadel where Alexandria got in his rule with extraordinary care
Alexandria turned into the most vital port in the
Mediterranean Sea and an imperative community
for outside exchange and a place for individuals of various races, dialects and
societies. Under the run of Muhammad Ali's successors, Alexandria kept on developing financially.
Amid the Khedive Ismail period, To set up the boulevards and new neighborhoods
and lighting the areas and roads with gas lights by a remote organization and
set up an uncommon body to deal with the association of its lanes and to take
the necessary steps of cleanliness and wellbeing and support, and built up a
system of sewage and Rain water seepage,
Alexandria has a mellow atmosphere, with a Mediterranean atmosphere portrayed by its warm and dry summers and wet, gentle and blustery winters. The winter season in Alexandria goes during that time of December, January and February, with a greatest temperature of in the vicinity of 12 and 18 degrees Celsius. Amid this season, Alexandria is presented to numerous extreme electrical storms, frosty and substantial rain
The mid year season in Alexandria keeps going from June to July and temperatures run in the vicinity of 25 and 30 degrees Celsius. The mid year of Alexandria is described by dry season and high stickiness. Spring and pre-winter are the best time to visit the city. 22 ° C
As indicated by the 2006 registration, Alexandria has a populace
of 4,123,869, of which 2,106,350 are male and 2,017,519 are female. Its
populace is different among specialists, agriculturists, migrants, merchants,
anglers, workers and others. The monetary action of the city ranges from rural,
mechanical, business and budgetary
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