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	Alexandria in the Hellenistic and Roman Period
		Alexandria, named after its founder, Alexander the Great, was the seat of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, one of the greatest cities of the Hellenistic world — second only to Rome in size and wealth throughout much of antiquity.
		Alexandria seems from this time to have regained its old prosperity, commanding, as it did, an important granary of Rome; this fact, doubtless, was one of the chief reasons which induced Augustus to place it directly under imperial power.
		Alexandria consisted originally of little more than the island of Pharos, which was joined to the mainland by a mole nearly a mile long and called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia" — a stadium was a Greek unit of length measuring approximately 200m).
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Alexandria.html (2721 words)

	Hellenism - LoveToKnow 1911
		Alexandria and Antioch were both traversed from end to end by one long straight street, crossed by shorter ones at right angles; Nicaea was a square from the centre of which all the four gates could be seen at the ends of the intersecting thoroughfares (Strabo xii.
		Alexandria, Antioch and Pergamum, were normally controlled altogether by royal nominees.
		In its population, too, Alexandria was only semi-Hellenic; for besides the proportion of Egyptian natives in its lower strata, its commercial greatness drew in elements from every quarter; the Jews, for instance, formed a majority of the population in two out of the five divisions of the city.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HELLENISM.htm (12416 words)

	Alexander the Great: the towns
		Alexandria by the Latmus: a town in Caria, maybe founded as a garrison or military settlement in the winter of 333.
		Alexandria on the Indus: founded in February 325 on the confluence of the Indus and the Acesines (Chenab), probably on the site of an older, Persian settlement.
		Alexandria in Carmania: if this city was founded by Alexander (and not by Seleucus), it must have been a permanent garrison founded in January 324.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander_z2.html (803 words)

	Alexandria in the Caucasus
		Alexandria in the Caucasus: town founded by Alexander the Great, modern Charikar north of Kabul in Afghanistan.
		Alexander needed a strong base for his crossing of the Hindu Kush, and founded a city, which, as usual, was called Alexandria.
		After the death of Alexander in 323, Alexandria remained an important city, but in 303, one of Alexander's Successors, Seleucus I Nicator, gave it to the Indian king Chandragupta Maurya as part of a bargain in which he received 500 elephants.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexandria/alexandria_caucasus.html (649 words)

	The Grecian Empire
		He founded the city of Alexandria near the western arm of the Nile on a fine site between the sea and Lake Mareotis, protected by the island of Pharos, and had it laid out by the Rhodian architect Deinocrates.
		From Alexandria he marched along the coast to Paraetonium and from there inland to visit the celebrated oracle of the god Amon (at Siwah); the difficult journey was later embroidered with flattering legends.
		Following up Nearchus' voyage, he now founded an Alexandria at the mouth of the Tigris and made plans to develop sea communications with India, for which an expedition along the Arabian coast was to be a preliminary.
	www.chn-net.com /timeline/grec_emp_alex.html (4162 words)

	Alexandria (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexandria is the name of many cities and towns in different countries.
		Alexandria, Gaea, a city-state in the fictional world of Tenebrae: the Emblem of Ea.
		The Alexandria class cruiser was a heavy cruiser in the anime Gundam series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexandria_(disambiguation) (260 words)

	How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs In Five Parts- Part Four De Lacy O'Leary D. D.
		With this contact with Alexandria must be associated also the introduction into Syria of the medical Pandects or Syntagma of the Alexandrian Monophysite physician Aaron, a compilation which circulated in a Syriac translation amongst Monophysites and Nestorians and became a favourite manual of medicine.
		A Buddhist gravestone found at Alexandria and a monument definitely Buddhist in its symbols found at Axum are the Main traces, but both these places were trading ports closely connected with the Indian trade, and it would have been likely enough that an Indian merchant or traveller may have died in either place.
		Clement of Alexandria refers to the Óáñìáíáßïé ÂÜê“ñùí undoubtedly Buddhist priests or ascetes of the Bactrians, and to two classes of gymnosophists known as ÓáñìÜíáé and Âñáöìáíáé (Clemens Alexandrinus, Stromat., i, 15).
	evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /oleary04.htm (14909 words)

	Alexandria of the Caucasus (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexandria of the Caucasus (Askandria-e-Qafqaz or Askandria Paro paizad) was a city founded by Alexander the Great (one of many given the name Alexandria), at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush, about 45 miles North of Kabul, in the country of the Paropamisadae.
		Alexandria of the Causasus was one of the capitals of the Indo-Greek kings (180 BC - 10 AD).
		Some archaeological evidence concerning Alexandria of the Caucasus was gathered by Charles Masson (1800 - 1853), providing insight into the history of that lost city.
	www.mlahanas.de.cob-web.org:8888 /Greeks/Cities/AlexandriaOfTheCaucasus.html (464 words)

	Alexandria - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexandria is the name given to many of the cities founded by Alexander the Great.
		The most famous is Alexandria in Egypt, which is still a flourishing, cosmopolitan city on the shore of the Eastern Mediterranean, and has with some justification been called Alexander's "most lasting legacy".
		Alexandria on the Indus (February 325; Uch (http://www.livius.org/a/pakistan/uch/alexandria.html))
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Alexandria (189 words)

	History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part VII, by Risto Stefov
		Alexandria, in time, would bring about change in intellectual and economic life as never before experienced and for the next one thousand years would become the center of civilization
		With the founding of Alexandria, a port city facing the Mediterranean, Alexander transformed his military efforts into business opportunities not just for the Macedonians but for the entire known world.
		Alexandria was to become the leading multinational, multicultural, commercial trade centre of the world.
	www.maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov24.html (8903 words)

	College Papers-Alexander The Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was so highly thought of that students came to Alexandria not only from places all over Alexander's empire but from places outside of it, too.
		Alexandria and the rest of Egypt imported spices, wines, wool, marble, and horses.
		The main trade route to Alexandria was a circuit of the southern coast of Arabia, whence camels and caravans convoyed their cargo via the Red Sea and the Nile to Alexandria.
	www.college-papers.org /free_essays/euro-history/alexander-the-greatmnn.html (16710 words)

	Salon Travel \| In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At Begram, near Charikar, he founded Alexandria under the Caucasus, with several thousand retired veterans, invalids and press-ganged locals.
		The Greeks called these ranges the Caucasus, believing them to be close to the ends of the earth.
		Here, the army entered mythical space and time: marching under mountains where, so it was said, the Titan Prometheus had been tortured for aeons by Zeus for revealing to humankind the secret of fire and the arts of civilization.
	archive.salon.com /travel/feature/1998/01/08/pass (1367 words)

	History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part XII, by Risto Stefov
		Unfortunately, some powerful court officials in Alexandria did not agree with her actions and ousted her in favour of her brother.
		Upon her arrival in Alexandria, Cleopatra had her brother Ptolemy XIV assassinated and replaced him with her four year old son Caesarion as her new co-regent.
		The gilded poop (stern of a vessel), purple sails, silver oars, all objects of wealth and power of a blue-blooded queen made an immense impression on the man. Whatever hostilities he may have had for her evaporated and he was captivated by her elegance.
	www.maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov29.html (7305 words)

	Library of Alexandria - Atlantis Rising
		Alexandria is the starting point, but feel free to discuss any knowledge the ancients may or may not have had that we don't give them credit for now.
		Alexandria has tried to recapture some of its intellectual glory, building a $230 million library on the city's renovated seaside promenade with help from around the world.
		Alexandria consisted originally of little more than the island of Pharos, which was joined to the mainland by a mole nearly a mile long and called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia" -- a stadium was a Roman unit measuring somewhat more than 200m).
	forums.atlantisrising.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/000937.html (12507 words)

	Alexander the Great, Synopsys,JJP p a r t t w o
		From Phrada during the winter of 330-329, Alexander moves to south through Arachosia toward valley of the Helmand River, and crossed the country of the Paropamisadae, where he founded another cities Alexandria in Aracosia and Alexandria by the Caucasus.
		At the site of modern Khojent on the Jaxartes, he founded a city, Alexandria Eschate, "the last Alexandria" In the mean time Spitamenes, prince of Sogdiana had raised in revolt, who had escaped in the hart of Asiatic Russia raising the Massagetai against the Macedons.
		Following up Nearchus' voyage, he had founded an Alexandria at the mouth of the Tigris and made plans to develop sea communications with India, for which an expedition along the Arabian coast was to be a preliminary one.
	www.1stmuse.com /frames/p2-alex-synopsys.html (5842 words)

	Alexander the Great
		The expedition to the east satrapies, from Irkania to the Indian Caucasus, Iaxartis and the Indus river, gives the character of a mission of discovery to Alexander's course of conquest, where geographic discoveries were as glorious as military successes.
		In the winter of 330 BC he arrived near the Indian Caucasus (Hindu Kush), where he founded a new town named Alexandria (Bagram) that lies across the Kabul river.
		The first one was led by Krateros and included the elephants set of for Alexandria of Arahosia (Kadahar), passed through the valley of the river Etimandros went on to Karmania where it camped to wait for Alexander.
	www.army.gr /n/e/archive/events/alexander/alexander.html (9529 words)

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		The earlier peace proposal envisages the signing by the Georgian and Abkhaz sides of agreements on the nonresumption of hostilities and on resolving future disagreements exclusively by peaceful means, through negotiations.
		Finally, the UN has devoted considerable time and effort to drafting its own blueprint for resolving the Abkhaz conflict, the so-called "Basic Principles for the Distribution of Competences between Tbilisi and Sukhumi," which the Shevardnadze leadership accepted as the basis for a settlement.
		The special role of Bishop Feofan of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz was highlighted during and after the terrorist attack early this month on the school in Beslan, a city within his see.
	www.rferl.org /reports/caucasus-report/2004/09/37-240904.asp (2991 words)

	Alexander the Great - Sources
		In Bactria it unites with mount Parapamisus, which the Macedonians who served in Alexander’s army called Caucasus, in order, as it is said, to enhance their king’s glory; asserting that he went even beyond the Caucasus with his victorious arms.
		Of the rivers in Asia worth consideration which take their rise from the Taurus and Caucasus, some have their course turned towards the north, discharging themselves either into the lake Maeotis,’ or into the sea called Hyrcanian, which in reality is a gulf of the Great Sea.
		Besides at this season all the Indian rivers were flowing with swollen and turbid waters and with rapid currents; for it was the time of year when the sun is wont to turn towards the summer solstice.
	websfor.org /alexander/arrian/book5a.asp (4351 words)

	Alexander's Route
		After this rebellion, Alexander was weary of future rebellion and tried to keep the conquered city under control by building a military fort in Herat.
		This fort was called the Alexandria of Aria or Alexandria of Herat.This was the first of a series of garrison towns he built in our country.
		Alexandria, which is known as the Alexandria of Caucasus (Askandria-e-Qafqaz or Askandria Paro paizad).
	members.tripod.com /~khorasan/Miscellaneous/Route_of_Alexander.html (762 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Travel \| A lily in the wilderness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In return, they have helped make the desert literally bloom, in the shape of the green gardens and tall cypress trees that shock the first-time visitor with their proud presence in the middle of the desert.
		The Bedouin even claim descent from the 200 slave families brought from Alexandria and the Caucasus by Justinian when he ordered the construction of the monastery in order to protect it from brigands and unruly tribes.
		All this despite the emigration of the large and wealthy Greek communities of Alexandria and Cairo, forced out by the wave of nationalisations implemented by Nasser.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/567/tr3.htm (2834 words)

	Alexander the Great Unless Alexander was himself ultimately responsible for his father (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The new city of Alexandria, the first as well as the most famous and successful of many new Alexandrias, was formed by joining a number of Egyptian villages (April 331).
		Alexander supervised the religious ceremonies of foundation, including Greek-style athletic and musical games (an indication of his intentions to Hellenize these foundations, at least as far as their cultural life was concerned); he thought that the site was an excellent one and hoped for its commercial prosperity.
		There was another major foundation called Alexandria in the Caucasus at an important junction of communications in the Hindu Kush.
	www.history-world.org /alexander2.htm (4420 words)

	Religious - Christian - Middle East Areas Adjacent to the Balkan Peninsula and the Caucasus Region
		The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa.
		The [Melkite] Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa.
		The Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin - Alexandria, Egypt.
	learning.lib.vt.edu /slav/relig_chr_mideast.html (4563 words)

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		He was so highly thought of that students came to Alexandria not only from places all over Alexander%27s empire but from places outside of it%2C too.
		Alexandria and the rest of Egypt imported spices%2C wines%2C wool%2C marble%2C and horses.
		The main trade route to Alexandria was a circuit of the southern coast of Arabia%2C whence camels and caravans convoyed their cargo via the Red Sea and the Nile to Alexandria.
	essay.studyarea.com /essay/European_History/Data/23.txt3 (16699 words)

	Popes & Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, etc.
		the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, Armenia, and the East; Archbishops of Canterbury and Prince Archbishops of Mainz, Trier, Cologne, and Salzburg
		On the map we have the Roman Empire as it was partially restored at the death of Justinian I.
		Ethiopia was under the authority of the Patriarch of Alexandria and so, until the Fourth Ecumenical Council, was doctrinally in union with Rome -- later it would continue to follow the lead of the Coptic Church.
	www.friesian.com /popes.htm (9005 words)

	Send to a Friend - IPS Inter Press Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Reports of torture and abuse had been circulating since early 2002, but nothing was done until recently, when denunciations emerged regarding similar actions against Iraqis committed by the occupying forces in that country.
		In Bagram, a strategic location at the foot of the Hindu Kush, forts were built by Persia's Cyrus the Great 500 years b.c., with the name Kapish-Kanish, by Alexander the Great, who dubbed it Alexandria of the Caucasus, and the Soviets, who built their main base there in the 1980s, withdrawing in 1989.
		Now the presence is U.S. and NATO troops, keeping watch over a crucial zone for controlling the extraction and transport of petroleum in the Caspian Sea region, also of great interest to Russia and China.
	www.ipsnews.net /sendnews.asp?idnews=24183 (1218 words)

	Alexander the Great, Synopsys,JJP
		He founded the city of Alexandria near the western arm of the Nile between the sea and Lake Mareotis, protected by the island of Pharos, and had it projected by the famous Rhodian architect Deinocrates.
		From Alexandria he marched along the coast to Paraetonium and from there inland to visit the celebrated oracle of the god Amon at Siwah.
		Alexander reaching the oracle in its oasis, the priest gave him the traditional salutation of a pharaoh, as son of Amon; Alexander consulted the oracle, which reviled him that he was the son of Amon (Zeus).
	www.1stmuse.com /alex3/alex-text.html (6103 words)

	Caucasus - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Caucasus : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Caucasus : The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy [home, info]
		Phrases that include Caucasus: caucasus indicus, alexandria in the caucasus, alexandria of the caucasus, battle of caucasus, caucasus albania, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=Caucasus&ls=a (199 words)

	Alexander of Macedonia
		The city of Kandahar (Iskandahar) was originally Alexandria in Arachosia.
		From Kandahar the march took Alexander to the east approaching the Indus Valley before entering Kabul in 329 B.C. Kabul was a well-established trade city on the route between Persia and India.
		From Susa Alexander took the army to the army south to the Persian Gulf to the mouth of the Euphrates.
	www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/alexandergreat.htm (6989 words)

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