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Alexandria

Mediterranean port city founded by Alexander the Great, capital of Ptolemaic Egypt and the greatest centre of Hellenistic learning, home to the Great Library and the Lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the Seven Wonders).

Dated events and their evidence

• 331 BCE mainstream
  founded by Alexander the Great source
• 283 BCE mainstream
  Great Library established under Ptolemy II source

Where

31.1975° N, 29.8925° E

Sources

• https://www.history.com/articles/library-of-alexandria-destroyed
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Library-of-Alexandria

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