http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource ( 506 p.) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.
The ancient era -- Alexander's dream -- Alexander's dream city -- Ptolemy the Saviour -- The Ptolemies -- Wonder of the world -- All the books in the world -- Shrine of knowledge -- Cleopatras -- Ageless Cleopatra -- Jewish hub -- St Mark the Evangelist -- Horror -- Early Christianity -- Destruction -- Hypatia -- Islamic conquest -- Umayyads and Abbasids -- Fatamids -- The Crusaders and Saladin's Ayyubids -- Mamluks and the plagued century -- Ottomans -- Napoleon -- The father of Egypt -- British invasion -- The First World War and revolution -- Cultural hub -- Cultural renaissance -- The Second World War -- The postman's son -- Epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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