General History And Information

ALEXANDRIA is the second largest city in Egypt, and its largest seaport. It is extends about 20 miles (32 km) up and down the Mediterranean sea in northwest Egypt and it isPort city of northern Egypt.it`s population about 3.5 to 5 million.

THE HISTORY OF ALEX:

Founded by and named for Alexander the Great around 334 B.C,He came to visit the famous oracle temple of amon during his way he stopped to take rest when he reached between the Mediterranean sea in the north and a lake of Mariott in the south,he was struck by the excellent position of an ancient village called (( Rhakotis )) and this ideal site offered an ideal site for building a great city bearing his name called  Alexandria and became the capital of egypt during greeco-roman time,Alexander's chief architect for the project was Deinocrates of Rhodes.

In ancient times, the city was known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) and the Library of Alexandria (the largest library in the ancient world).

After the death of Alexander the Great a struggle was happened by the other successors to him,And his empire was divided among his generals, his general, Ptolemy ( later Ptolemy I of Egypt ) declared himself king of egypt and he was the founder of the ptolemic dynasty which ruled egypt for nearly three centuries ended with queen Cleoptra the last queen of this dynasty.

At the battle of Actium in 30 B.C by the roman general Octavian against Cleopatra and Mark antony, they lost the battle and Egypt became a province of the roman empire.

The roman rule lasted till the middle of the 7th century till the arabs entered egypt by amr ibn -al -as the first islamic leader who entered egypt o spreading islam at