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About Alexandria (Alexander the Great) and the Greek Empire-- Is that statement true or false? I'm pretty sure it's false, but can anybody correct that?
"Jewish people lived in their own section of Alexandria and held their own courts."

2007-11-25 12:09:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

i know he conquered israel and therefore jewish people, but what religion (or race) lived in their own section of Alexandria, holding their own courts? The Persians?

2007-11-25 12:40:03 · update #1

4 answers

It is actually true

The history of the Alexandrian Jews dates from the foundation of the city by Alexander the Great, 332 B.C., at which they were present. They were numerous from the very outset, forming a notable portion of the city's population under Alexander's successors. The Ptolemies assigned them a separate section, two of the five districts, of the city, to enable them to keep their laws pure of indigenous cultic influences.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt#Ptolemaic_and_Roman_.28400_BC_to_641_AD.29

2007-11-25 13:04:06 · answer #1 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1 0

it is false... when alexandria conquered almost like half of the world... he conquered everything including israel.

2007-11-25 20:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by Lina 2 · 0 0

false

2007-11-25 20:51:47 · answer #3 · answered by karma2122 1 · 0 0

It is false.

2007-11-25 21:00:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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