The city of Alexandria in Egypt

History Documentary,

The city of Alexandria in Egypt was one of more than seventeen urban communities named Alexandria that were established by Alexander the Great before he passed on in 323 B.C. Alexandria in Egypt is one of only a handful few of these that presently cutting edge. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was developed on the island of Pharos, a minor island off the shoreline of Alexandria, Egypt. The Lighthouse of Alexandria was a tower, whose development was requested by Ptolemy Soter soon after he made himself lord in 305 BC. The Lighthouse of Alexandria wasn't finished until somewhere around 280 and 247 B.C., amid the term of Ptolemy Soter's child, Ptolemy Philadelphos. The Lighthouse of Alexandria took a quarter century finish and was made to serve as a signal for mariners in the night. A man-made highway, called the Heptastadion, connected the island of Pharos with the territory and served at this very moment limit on one edge of the city.