Which civilization was closer to present day- Alexandria or Greece?

Answer 1

I'd say Greece - in the areas of politics, social mores and psychological make-up. Greece also heavily influenced Rome, from which our present civilization gained so much.

Answer 2

Well... Greece!
Don't forget that Alexandria nowadays has a very small Greek population and it is mainly an Arab Egyptian city.
Greece is still Greece but it is evolved in a modern European state and is doing a good job to maintain its unique identity.
( Although the Greeks have lost all the Asian Minor provinces and now days the Greek language is only spoken to Greece and Cyprus)
{Do not confuse the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia or Macedon (which was the birth place of Alexander) with the modern state of Makedonija (or FYROM or Slav Macedonia as they are not related at all). The confusion has started a few years ago because that small state started to use the name “Republic of Macedonia” causing a great confusion with real Macedonia in Greece.}

Answer 3

Like DJ said, Alexandria was a Greek city, founded by Alexander the Great. The only time Alexandria really was independent was under the rule of the Ptolemies, after Alexander's death and before it was annexed by Rome, and at that point it was still very much Hellenistic.

Answer 4

Alexandria was a Greek city. OK, it wasn't in Greece proper, but the Greeks established many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea. Culture, politics and Language, it was Greek, not Egyptian.

Answer 5

Macedonia and yes more Alexandria, then Greece
http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/ConciseMacedonia/MacedoniansNotSlavs.html
http://www.makedonika.org/processpaid.aspcontentid=ti.2001.pdf
http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/ConciseMacedonia/Y-chromosomes.html
http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/ConciseMacedonia/donski.html
http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/ConciseMacedonia/similarities.html

Answer 6

Read up and decide for yourself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece