Alexandria: A History and a Guide
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ALEXANDRIA: A HISTORY AND A GUIDE.
PREFACE.
AUTHORITIES.
CONTENTS.
APPENDICES.
INDEX.
LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS.
PART I.
SECTION I.
THE LAND AND THE WATERS.
PHAROS, RHAKOTIS, CANOPUS.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (B.C. 331).
THE FOUNDATION PLAN.
THE FIRST THREE PTOLEMIES.
THE PTOLEMAIC CITY.
THE LATER PTOLEMIES (B.C. 221-51).
CLEOPATRA (B.C. 51-30).
PTOLEMAIC CULTURE.
SECTION II.
THE RULE OF ROME (B.C. 30—A.D. 313).
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.
ARIUS AND ATHANASIUS. (4th Cent. A.D.)
THE RULE OF THE MONKS. (4th and 5th Cents.)
THE ARAB CONQUEST (641).
SECTION III.
INTRODUCTION.
I. THE JEWS.
II. NEO-PLATONISM.
III. CHRISTIANITY.
SECTION IV.
THE ARAB TOWN (7th-16th Cents.)
THE TURKISH TOWN (16th-18th Cents.)
SECTION V.
NAPOLEON (1798-1801).
MOHAMMED ALI (1805-1848).
THE MODERN CITY.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (1882).
CONCLUSION.
THE GOD ABANDONS ANTONY.
PART II.
SECTION I.
THE SQUARE.
Rue Rosette.
THE GRECO-ROMAN MUSEUM.
SECTION II.
THE ANFOUCHI TOMBS.
PREHISTORIC HARBOUR.
FORT KAIT BEY (THE “PHAROS”).
SECTION III.
“POMPEY’S PILLAR” and the TEMPLE OF SERAPIS.
CATACOMBS OF KOM ES CHOGAFA.
SECTION IV.
SECTION V.
SECTION VI.
SECTION VII.
ABOUKIR.
ROSETTA.
Section VIII.
ABOUSIR.
ST. MENAS.
THE WADY NATRUN.
Appendix I. THE MODERN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.
Appendix II. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA (p. 27).
Appendix III. THE UNCANONICAL GOSPELS OF EGYPT. (p. 73).
Appendix IV. THE NICENE CREED. (pp. 49 and 75).
INDEX OF MAIN REFERENCES
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