‫اإلسكندرية‬
By Dominick Rubino
Αλεξάνδρεια Basic Info
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Second largest city
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Largest city ‫مدين مدينة‬in the
mediterranean
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Largest place in‫في‬Egypt for trading
(80%)
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Three٣ main ethnic groups are
Egyptians, Greeks, and Jewish.
‫مدينة‬in‫في‬Egypt
Population is 4.1 million
It stretches along the Mediterranean sea
for 20 miles
Alessandria History
• Founded April 331 BC
• Founder is Alexander the great
• Was once the capital of Egypt
• Alexandria was supposed to be the city
‫مدينة‬that
connected the Great Nile Valley to Greece
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A few years after Alexandria was founded Alexander
left and never returned back to Egypt
• After he left he left Cleomenes was put in charge of seeing
the development of Alexandria
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The city ‫مدينة‬wasn't also a big Hellenic(Greek) area in Egypt
but was the largest Jewish community
• In80 BC Alexandria was put under the control of the Roman
empire
• In AD 113 most of Alexandria was destroyed in the Kitos
War
• After the war it gave the architects an opportunity to rebuild
the wonderful city
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On July 21 365 AD the city ‫مدينة‬suffered
a terrible earthquake and tsunami
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This is known as the day of horror
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In 641 AD the city ‫مدينة‬was put under
Muslim control
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In 1798 the French took control of the
city ‫مدينة‬
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In 1801 the British had taken over
In 619 AD the city ‫مدينة‬was Attacked by
Persians.
Then it was put back under muslim
control in 1954
亚历山德里亚 Climate
• Has an arid climate
• Usual Mediterranean climate
• The coldest months are January and
February which reach 54 to 64 degrees
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The hottest months are July and August
reaching temperatures of 84 degrees
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Alexandria experiences crazy storms
and hail
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It rains 195 inches per year
The sun sees the city for 3,307 hours a
year
Ալեքսանդրիա Ancient
Remains
• Most of the ancient remains are
intact
• One of the remains that was not
kept intact was the library
• On the site of the old library
stands a new modern library
• Some ancient remains that are
intact are Pompeii's pillar, the
sphinx and a lighthouse.
Александрыя Fun Facts
• Alexandria is home to many
great colleges and schools
• The city is broken up into
separate parts
• The city also has many libraries
Credits
• http://www.aaha.ch/photos/alex-mon-amour-2-w.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PONTYCollage_Alexandria.png
• http://v23.lscache8.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.pan
oramio.com/photos/original/2863092.jpg
• http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1287328.jp
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• http://www.sacreddestinations.com/egypt/images/alexandria/mosques-ctorie.jpg
• http://boisestate.edu/courses/images/people/alexander.jpg
• http://www.sacreddestinations.com/egypt/images/alexandria/library/library-waterc-torie.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Alexandr
ia_egypt.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Alexandria_the_Gre
at.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandria_12-9-2005_3.JPG
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=GnICeKPZm5E
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=GnI
CeKPZm5E
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria
• apple.com
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LYF0ZXmQ4O4/TI8-uqDlaI/AAAAAAAADYo/bdPD_ccqyJo/s1600/alexmed
itbeach.jpg