The foundation of the city of ancient Alexandria was one of Alexander the Great’s most enduring legacies. A strategic masterstroke, he placed the …
10 Reasons The Ancient City Of Alexandria Was An Intellectual Powerhouse
The city of ancient Alexandria was an intellectual juggernaut. Greek, Egyptian, and Roman learning were drawn together here in a unique project to catalog and refine all the world’s knowledge.
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Taking a hard look at the facts about the Library of Alexandria, there is much we do not know. What it looked like, its exact location, precisely how …
The 7 wonders of the ancient world were a series of remarkable architectural feats famous amongst Greek travelers in antiquity. These ancient wonders …
The turn of the 12th century BC in the Eastern Mediterranean was a turbulent time, to say the least. Because of reasons unknown, numerous tribes of …
From the first partition of the Roman Empire in 284, the Eastern or ‘Byzantine’ Empire as it came to be known, was an economic powerhouse. With an …