LEADER 03633nam 2200565 450 001 9910464490403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-306-95788-5 010 $a1-78284-156-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000198487 035 $a(EBL)1740655 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001261433 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11710475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001261433 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11325882 035 $a(PQKB)10035984 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1740655 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1740655 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10895676 035 $a(OCoLC)884015091 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000198487 100 $a20140730h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlexandria $ecity of gifts and sorrows : from Hellenistic civilization to multiethnic metropolis /$fA. J. Polyzoides 210 1$aEastbourne, [England] :$cSussex Academic Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (186 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78284-155-5 311 $a1-84519-667-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; About the book & About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Books Consulted; Maps and Diagrams, with Narrative; Introduction; Chapter One: Alexandria in the Early 1950's: The Beginning of the End; Chapter Two: Poets and Writers in Alexandria; Constantine Cavafy; Edward M. Forster; Lawrence G. Durrell; Chapter Three: Reflections on Ancient Alexandria: Replacing the Famed Monuments on their Rightful Sites; Chapter Four: Alexander III: The Great; Alexander's Education; The Murder of his Father, Philip II 327 $aAlexander Founding his City in Egypt, and his Trip to the Oracle of Amun Alexander's Iconography and Hellenic Artists; The Death of Alexander and his Legacy; Chapter Five: The Quest for the Elusive Tomb of Alexander the Great; Chapter Six: Alexandria the Great; The Lighthouse and the Ancient City; The Palaces, Museum and Grand Library; Literature, Architecture and Painting; Alexandrian Religious Philosophy; Science and Scholars; Applied Mechanics; Astronomers and Geographers; Alexandrian Medicine; Chapter Seven: The Collapse of Ancient Alexandria 327 $aChapter Eight: The Rebirth of Alexandria, 1,400 Years After the Collapse of the Ancient City Chapter Nine: The Foreign Communities: The People and their Contribution; Chapter Ten: Four Years of Uncertainty, 1952-1956; Chapter Eleven: The Suez Canal War; Chapter Twelve: The Decline of Modern Alexandria; The Cover Illustrations; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover 330 $aAlexandria: City of Gifts and Sorrows is a historical journey from the third century to the multiethnic metropolis of the 20th century, bringing together two diverse histories of the city. Ancient Alexandria was built by the Greek Ptolemies who completed the grand library and museum, which functioned as a university with the emphasis on science. The city was known as "the birthplace of science," and this book contains stories about the scientists, poets, and religious philosophers responsible for influencing the Western mind with their 607 $aAlexandria (Egypt)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a962.1 700 $aPolyzo?ide?s$b Apostolos$0895760 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464490403321 996 $aAlexandria$92001125 997 $aUNINA