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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern World Paperback - 2007
by Justin Pollard; Howard Reid
Compulsively readable and sparkling with fresh insights, this is the astonishing story of the ancient city that invented the modern world. Map.
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A short history of nearly everything classical. The foundations of the modern world were laid in Alexandria of Egypt at the turn of the first millennium. In this compulsively readable narrative, Justin Pollard and Howard Reid bring one of history's most fascinating and prolific cities to life, creating a treasure trove of our intellectual and cultural origins. Famous for its lighthouse, its library-the greatest in antiquity-and its fertile intellectual and spiritual life--it was here that Christianity and Islam came to prominence as world religions--Alexandria now takes its rightful place alongside Greece and Rome as a titan of the ancient world. Sparkling with fresh insights on science, philosophy, culture, and invention, this is an irresistible, eye- opening delight.
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- Title The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern World
- Author Justin Pollard; Howard Reid
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, NEW YORK
- Date 2007-11-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143112518 / 0143112511
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.42 x 5.48 x 0.75 in (21.39 x 13.92 x 1.91 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: North Africa
- Library of Congress subjects Alexandria (Egypt) - Intellectual life, Alexandria (Egypt) - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 932
Media reviews
"Lively and Lucid. The real action [in] the classical world lay in Alexandria. Tells the story of ancient Alexandrian science, Cleopatra, with relish and brio."
-The Weekly Standard
"A marvelous work, a sweeping narrative, as grand as it is unusual, Pollard and Reid breathe life into the dust of philosophers and kings."
-Barry Strauss, author of The Trojan War: A New History and The Battle of Salamis
"Lucid, entertaining, full of exquisite images."
-Michael Hirst, screenwriter of Elizabeth
-The Weekly Standard
"A marvelous work, a sweeping narrative, as grand as it is unusual, Pollard and Reid breathe life into the dust of philosophers and kings."
-Barry Strauss, author of The Trojan War: A New History and The Battle of Salamis
"Lucid, entertaining, full of exquisite images."
-Michael Hirst, screenwriter of Elizabeth
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