2006-10-08 23:13:58 · 3 answers · asked by Oliver E 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The city of Alexandria was noted as a centre of Hellenistic culture. Its library (destroyed early centuries AD) was the greatest in ancient times.It was a commercial and transportation center and a leading port.It was the capital of Ptolemies.Alexandria became the largest city in the Mediterranean basin.It was the link between Greece and the Nile valley.There was a great university that attracted many scholars including Aristarchus of Samothrace, the collator of the Homeric texts; Euclid, the mathematician; and Herophilus, the anatomist, who founded a medical school there.
2006-10-08 23:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by Semiramis 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If he looked anything like Colin Farell -n the movie- heck he would have been important to me too'.....eish!
2006-10-09 06:17:02 · answer #2 · answered by SNVL 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
which alexandria? there were dozens of them!
2006-10-09 13:37:03 · answer #3 · answered by maroc 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋