The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
Subtitle: Birthplace of the Modern World
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: October 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780143112518
Subjects: History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient - Egypt; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - General
First sentence: From atop the walls of the castle of Qaitbey in Egypt you can look across the rocky coast on which the castle stands to where fishing boats still ride at anchor in the bay and local children fling themselves from the rocks into the warm, clear sea that la