ALEXANDRIA

GOVERNMENT

• Along with Cairo and Giza, Alexandria is one of three governorates in the country that are also municipalities.
• It is at the western mouth of the Nile Delta.
• The governorate's capital is the city of Alexandria, the home of the historical Bibliotheca Alexandrina and
• the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Once the
• country's capital, Alexandria is now considered to be the second capital of Egypt.

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

MILITARY ORGANIZATION

• Alexandria figured prominently in the military operations of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798.
• French troops stormed the town on 2 July 1798, and it remained in their hands until the arrival of a
• British expedition in 1801.
• The British won a considerable victory over the French at the Battle of Alexandria on 21 March 1801
• following which they besieged the town, which fell to them on 2 September 1801.

ECONOMIC SYSTEM

• released a large amount of silver and gold from the treasuries of Persia.
• integration of city states into a single empire removed some obstructions to mutual trades
• the extension of the empire meant an extension on trades

LANGUAGES

• The local language in Alexandria, Egypt, is Egyptian.
• Alexandria is one of the best cities for learning Arabic few of the natives speak foreign languages.
• It is a wonderful environment for the study of the Arabic language.

RELIGIOUS WORSHIP

• The Pharaonic, or ancient Egyptian religion.
• Alexandria was not only a center of Hellenism, but was also home to the largest urban Jewish community
• in the world
• The Septuagint, a Greek version of the Tanakh, was produced there

Aretha, architecture, music, and literature

The city was dominated by the great lighthouse built on Pharo (aka "Faro") island in front of the mainland. It has since been lost although its remains have been found under water. Its precise shape remains a matter of conjecture although it is likely to have had three sections of decreasing diameter - rather like a telescope shape. It was as high as 100-150 meters and some writers suggest its light could be seen as far as 50km away. Strabo tells us the tower was of white marble and bore the same name as the island.

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