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Alexandria

Alexandria is the second largest city and a major economic centre in Egypt. It was founded around a small Ancient Egyptian town c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It became an important center of the Hellenistic civilization and remained the capital of Hellenistic and Roman and Byzantine Egypt for almost 1000 years until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 AD.
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Country: Egypt
District: Alexandria Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: 4th Century BC
Oldest Culture: Ancient Greek
Later Cultures: Hellenistic + Roman + Islamic
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library
Date of Submission: 2003
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Elevation: 6 m
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