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Alexandria city had been a marvel of its age not because of its size and beauty, but also for its massive palaces. There are safe harbors, museum, legendary lighthouse, greatest library as well as its central market ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"n2OXrf8m","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Casson, Penn, & Davis, 2001)","plainCitation":"(Casson, Penn, & Davis, 2001)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2611,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/KZl8ZL3A/items/4JXKFTFN"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/KZl8ZL3A/items/4JXKFTFN"],"itemData":{"id":2611,"type":"book","title":"Libraries in the Ancient World","publisher":"Yale University Press","URL":"https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=6yPhAAAAMAAJ","ISBN":"978-0-300-08809-0","author":[{"family":"Casson","given":"L."},{"family":"Penn","given":"J."},{"family":"Davis","given":"T. S."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2001"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Casson, Penn, & Davis, 2001). The city had been built on knowledge, and its foundations have ideas and not stones. The city had been considered as a good place for great cultures as it had attracted the minds of the ancient world; scholars, theorists, and writers. Different civilizations had gathered here, such as Egyptians, Greeks, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans. This lead to huge progress in different fields, such as mathematics, astronomy, alchemy, optics, and philosophy. The streets of the city are interconnected in such a way that shows their suitability for horse-riding and chariot-driving.

Moreover, the city has the most beautiful public precincts as well as royal palaces. The Museum was also a part of the royal palaces and attracted scholars from different disciplines. With this, the Sema is also the part of the royal palaces that has the burial-places of the kings. The Great Harbour at its entrance has island, the tower Pharos, reefs, and promontory Lochias. Above artificial harbor, there is a theatre and then the Poseidium. Furthermore, there is Gymnasium with a great length of nearly a stadium. Alexandria greatest library is a mixture of history and legend ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"0e694n8g","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Casson et al., 2001)","plainCitation":"(Casson et al., 2001)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2611,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/KZl8ZL3A/items/4JXKFTFN"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/KZl8ZL3A/items/4JXKFTFN"],"itemData":{"id":2611,"type":"book","title":"Libraries in the Ancient World","publisher":"Yale University Press","URL":"https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=6yPhAAAAMAAJ","ISBN":"978-0-300-08809-0","author":[{"family":"Casson","given":"L."},{"family":"Penn","given":"J."},{"family":"Davis","given":"T. S."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2001"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Casson et al., 2001). It was built as a part of Mouseion with a purpose to boost the wealth of Egypt. The library had an assortment of scrolls, a reading room, lecture halls, and gardens. Hence, the city was full of public and sacred structures and can be designated as the greatest mental crucible of the world. Both Grecian and Egyptian influence the construction and success of the city. The local expertise and knowledge had a great role in the selection of the city’s location.

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ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Casson, L., Penn, J., & Davis, T. S. (2001). Libraries in the Ancient World. Retrieved from https://books.google.com /books?id=6yPhAAAAMAAJ