Book ID: CBB001210595

The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind (2006)

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Pollard, Justin (Author)
Reid, Howard (Author)


Viking


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xix + 329 pp.
Language: English

From the publisher: Founded by Alexander the Great and built by Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome. It was the marvel of its age--legendary for its vast palaces, safe harbors, and magnificent lighthouse. But it was most famous for the astonishing intellectual fluorescence it fostered and the library it produced. If the European Renaissance was the "rebirth" of Western culture, then Alexandria, Egypt, was its birthplace. It was here mankind first discovered that the earth was not flat, originated atomic theory, invented geometry, systematized grammar, translated the Old Testament into Greek, built the steam engine, and passed their discoveries on to future generations via the written word. Julius Caesar, Anthony and Cleopatra, Jewish scholars, Greek philosophers, and devout early Christians all play a part in the rise and fall of the city that stood "at the conjunction of the whole world."

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Authors & Contributors
Lloyd, Geoffrey E. R.
McPhail, Cameron
Timpanaro, Sebastiano
Thomaidis, Yannis
Silk, Michael
Schueren, Eric van der
Concepts
Science, general histories
Mathematics
Philosophy
Medicine
Astronomy
Cartographers
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Places
Greece
Alexandria (Egypt)
Rome (Italy)
China
Middle and Near East
Hellenistic world
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