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Alexandria
- The City That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Islam Issa
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
An original, authoritative and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day.
My dad had always told me about our city's magnificence, and as I looked at the new library in Alexandria it finally hit home. This is no ordinary library, I reflected. And this is no ordinary city.
Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is an authoritative history of a city that has shaped our modern world. Soon after being founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria became the crucible of cultural exchange between East and West for millennia and the undisputed global capital of knowledge. It was at the forefront of human progress, but it also witnessed brutal natural disasters, plagues, crusades and violence.
Major empires fought over Alexandria, from the Greeks and Romans to the Arabs, Ottomans, French and British. Key figures shaped the city from its eponymous founder to Aristotle, Cleopatra, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Napoleon Bonaparte and many others, each putting their own stamp on its identity and its fortunes. And millions of people have lived in this bustling seaport on the Mediterranean. From its humble origins to its dizzy heights and its latest incarnation, Islam Issa tells us the rich and gripping story of a city that changed the world.
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- Abe Killian
- 27-12-2023
A Love Letter
Alexandria is a love letter to the home of the author's birth. Packed with information and history, Alexandria links events we've heard about in world history to this place, this root, what the author would probably call "the centre of the ancient world", because in his telling it has had such a vital place.
Islam Issa paints a portrait that takes us through the foundation, to a list of interesting characters, to changes in the make up of the world, and Alexandria's place in it, while at the same time drawing on a tour of the city by the author.
This is a great book, adding so much to put understanding of history, changes in the Middle East and the waning fortunes of the great empires of the world.
Highly recommended, plus a great narration by the author. Personally, this is a must-listen!
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