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Alexandria: City of Gifts and Sorrows: From Hellenistic Civilization to Multiethnic Metropolis
Apostolos J Polyzoides
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Description for Alexandria: City of Gifts and Sorrows: From Hellenistic Civilization to Multiethnic Metropolis
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Herewith an historical journey from the third century to the multiethnic metropolis of the twentieth century, bringing together two diverse histories of the city. Ancient Alexandria was built by the Greek Ptolemies who in thirty years completed the first lighthouse and the grand library and museum which functioned as a university with the emphasis on science, known as 'The Alexandrian School', attracting scholars from all over the ancient world. Two of the most eminent were Euclid, the father of geometry, and Claudios Ptolemy, writer of The Almagest, a book on astronomy. These are the oldest surviving science textbooks and the ... Read more
Herewith an historical journey from the third century to the multiethnic metropolis of the twentieth century, bringing together two diverse histories of the city. Ancient Alexandria was built by the Greek Ptolemies who in thirty years completed the first lighthouse and the grand library and museum which functioned as a university with the emphasis on science, known as 'The Alexandrian School', attracting scholars from all over the ancient world. Two of the most eminent were Euclid, the father of geometry, and Claudios Ptolemy, writer of The Almagest, a book on astronomy. These are the oldest surviving science textbooks and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
242g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196677
SKU
V9781845196677
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About Apostolos J Polyzoides
Apostolos J Polyzoides was born in Alexandria, Egypt, of Greek Macedonian parents. As a youth he walked the city's avenues and coastal promenade searching for remains of the Greek Ptolemaic city, the absence of which sparked a life-long interest in ancient Alexandria. After the Suez affair he moved to the UK where he trained in trauma and orthopaedics, retiring as ... Read more
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