Alexandria

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An original, authoritative, and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day.

Islam Issa’s father had always told him about their city's magnificence, and as he looked at the new library in Alexandria it finally hit home. This is no ordinary library. And Alexandria is no ordinary city.

Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is an authoritative history of a city that has shaped our modern world. Soon after being founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria became the crucible of cultural exchange between East and West for millennia and the undisputed global capital of knowledge. It was at the forefront of human progress, but it also witnessed brutal natural disasters, plagues, crusades and violence.

Major empires fought over Alexandria, from the Greeks and Romans to the Arabs, Ottomans, French, and British. Key figures shaped the city from its eponymous founder to Aristotle, Cleopatra, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Napoleon Bonaparte and many others, each putting their own stamp on its identity and its fortunes. And millions of people have lived in this bustling seaport on the Mediterranean. From its humble origins to its dizzy heights and its latest incarnation, Islam Issa tells us the rich and gripping story of a city that changed the world.

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Alexandria

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A sunday times and tls book of the year fascinating and important natalie haynes author of stone blind monumental and vividly imagined daily telegraph wonderfully entertaining sunday times lively and engrossing literary review on a sparsely populated egyptian coastline alexander the great Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Alexandria

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an original authoritative and lively cultural history of the first modern city from pre homeric times to the present day islam issa s father had always told him about their city s magnificence and as he looked at the new library in alexandria it finally hit home this is no ordinary library Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Rise And Fall Of Alexandria

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A short history of nearly everything classical the foundations of the modern world were laid in alexandria of egypt at the turn of the first millennium in this compulsively readable narrative justin pollard and howard reid bring one of history s most fascinating and prolific cities to life creat Uiterlijk 23 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 januari 2024

Aantal pagina's: 496

Hoofdauteur: Islam Issa

Hoofduitgeverij: Pegasus Books

Product breedte: 155 mm

Product hoogte: 43 mm

Product lengte: 229 mm

Verpakking breedte: 155 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 43 mm

Verpakking lengte: 229 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 658 g

EAN: 9781639365456

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