It also includes the center of the province and the city of Burj Al Arab. The area of the province in 2879 square kilometers, arranged seventeenth in terms of area between the provinces of Egypt, and is bordered to the south and east Lake County and on the west Matrouh Governorate, the province has a population of about 4.1 million people
Founded the city of Alexandria at the hands of Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 332 BC After entering Egypt found a village called Racodh Ali Mediterranean counterpart Island claims the island of Pharos, he decided that connects between the village and the island, and builds in this place, the city bears his name, and be the capital of the country instead of Memphis . Alexander has pushed for the purposes of this resolution strategy, including: that he be Aradan Alexandria Center for Hellenistic civilization in the areas that surround them, and that helps position the Macedonian army in his conquests across the Mediterranean and to be a center of trade in this region. It was what he wanted to Iskandar. After his death, the Ptolemaic era began to take over rule of Ptolemy I, I took the Alexandria evolving and increasingly important. I'm interested in the Ptolemaic much, especially in times of prosperity (of the reign of Ptolemy I, until the reign of Ptolemy III) and thanks to them the praises of many historical monuments such as the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which is one of the wonders of the ancient world, and the Library of Alexandria, which carried several books in different languages, including Greek, Indian and Alvenifah the library was the first government in the Old Testament (f), which the Romans destroyed after the entry -. After the collapse of the state of the Ptolemies in 30 BC at the hands of Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at the Battle of Actium Navy continued to Alexandria under Roman rule in the taking of great importance. Alexandria was her roles ancient but these roles have increased with time, especially with the introduction of Christianity by St. Mark the Apostle year 45 AD and was martyred in the same city year 68 AD, is sufficient to construct the school of Alexandria, which was the source of big science in the period after the announcement of Constantine's famous and had a role in a major scientific development for Christians. School was out months philosophical appeared in a school age Alhllinsta Neoplatonism, as it was by the Theological School of Alexandria that formed the landmarks of thought and Christian theology in the world. After the Islamic conquest of Alexandria remained a scientific Castle has become a scientific center, which receives the scientists Morocco and Andalusia religious sciences before they return to their country, also became the School of Alexandria in the Hadith inherited generations of scientists, known as electrodes Sufi who had taken them from the city's housing. Thus continues the cultural role of the city of Alexandria, which shrank in the Ottoman era, but did not re-prosperity in the era of Muhammad Ali in the first half of the nineteenth century to gain its universal character as a city to accommodate the civilizations of the world. This was about the history of Alexandria ..
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