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    Alexandria Ariana was a settlement founded by Alexander the Great in 330 BC during his invasion of Persia and Central Asia. The city was the first of...
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    Thus, Alexandria Opiane and Alexandria Kapisa are considered to be names for Alexandria in the Caucasus; Alexandria near Baktra and Alexandria Oxiana...
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  • Kandahar, Afghanistan Alexandria Ariana, possibly modern Herat, Afghanistan Alexandria in Opiania, modern Ghazni, Afghanistan. Alexandria Prophthasia, location...
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    Alexandria Eschate (Attic Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη, Doric Greek: Αλεχάνδρεια Ἐσχάτα, romanized: Alexandria Eschata, "Furthest Alexandria") was a city...
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    Alexandria (/ˌælɪɡˈzændriə, -ˈzɑːn-/ AL-ig-ZA(H)N-dree-ə; Arabic: الإسكندرية; Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest...
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    Alexandria in the Caucasus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια; medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram) was a colony of Alexander the Great. It was one of many colonies...
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    İskenderun (redirect from Alexandria Minor)
    historically known as Alexandretta (Greek: Αλεξανδρέττα, lit. 'little Alexandria') and Scanderoon, is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey...
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    centuries BC, it was one of the great Hellenistic cities, comparable to Alexandria in Egypt, and greater than Syrian Antioch. Excavations indicate that the...
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    Harev. Arii (disambiguation) Arianus (disambiguation) Alexandria in Ariana Arian (disambiguation) Ariana (disambiguation) Artacoana Herat Arrian, Anabasis...
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    Africa Alexandria Ptolemais Hermiou Asia Ai-Khanoum Alexandretta Antioch Apamea Alexandria Arachosia Alexandria Ariana Alexandria Eschate Alexandria in the...
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    Africa Alexandria Ptolemais Hermiou Asia Ai-Khanoum Alexandretta Antioch Apamea Alexandria Arachosia Alexandria Ariana Alexandria Eschate Alexandria in the...
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    making the city the third largest in the Roman Empire after Rome and Alexandria and one of the most important cities in the eastern Mediterranean. From...
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    Alexandria on the Indus (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἐπὶ Ἰνδῷ, likely modern Uch, Pakistan) was a city founded by Alexander the Great at the junction of the Indus...
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    Alexandria in Arachosia (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἀραχωσίας) also known as Alexandropolis (Ἀλεξανδρόπολις) was a city in ancient times that is now called Kandahar...
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  • Alexandria (on the) Hyphasis was the name of the fortress on the west bank of the Hyphasis (Beas) river at which Alexander the Great stopped on 31 Aug...
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    of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia List of settlements in Illyria Alexandria (disambiguation) Roman Empire Thomas R. Martin (1 August 2000). Ancient...
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    Africa Alexandria Ptolemais Hermiou Asia Ai-Khanoum Alexandretta Antioch Apamea Alexandria Arachosia Alexandria Ariana Alexandria Eschate Alexandria in the...
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  • capital was built, either by Alexander himself or by his successors, Alexandria Ariana (Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ ἐν Ἀρίοις), modern Herat in northwest Afghanistan....
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    Africa Alexandria Ptolemais Hermiou Asia Ai-Khanoum Alexandretta Antioch Apamea Alexandria Arachosia Alexandria Ariana Alexandria Eschate Alexandria in the...
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    of an odeon for musical performances. This was the case not only for Alexandria in Egypt, but also for cities as distant as Ai-Khanoum in what is now...
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  • Qandahar Alexandria Ariana western Afghanistan Herat Alexandria Asiana Iran Alexandria Bucephalous Pakistan Jhelum, or more likely Phalia Alexandria in the...
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  • in the Thebaid, equal to Memphis in size. Together with Naukratis and Alexandria, it was one of only three cities with proper Greek city status. Therefore...
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    Africa Alexandria Ptolemais Hermiou Asia Ai-Khanoum Alexandretta Antioch Apamea Alexandria Arachosia Alexandria Ariana Alexandria Eschate Alexandria in the...
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  • places in the United States Alexandria Ariana → Herat Alexandria Arachosia → Kandahar Alexandria in Opiania → Ghazni Alexandria on the Oxus → Ai-Khanoum...
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    from an early date, but decreasing in importance after the cities of Alexandria and Antioch flourished in coin minting and overshadowed other cities....
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  • thought to have been a foundation of Alexander the Great, perhaps as Alexandria Oxiana, but this theory is now considered unlikely. Located at the confluence...
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    youth of Persia, and closely watched by Rabbula, the friend of Cyril of Alexandria, on account of its Nestorian tendencies, reached its highest development...
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    Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία) also known as Alexandria in Drangiana was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by...
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    Africa Alexandria Ptolemais Hermiou Asia Ai-Khanoum Alexandretta Antioch Apamea Alexandria Arachosia Alexandria Ariana Alexandria Eschate Alexandria in the...
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    cities are: Alexandria, Egypt Alexandria Ariana, Afghanistan Alexandria in the Caucasus, Afghanistan Alexandria on the Oxus, Afghanistan Alexandria Arachosians...
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