The Capture of Alexandria was the first operation on Egyptian soil during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. On 2 July 1798, the French army landed...

Αἴγυπτον, "Alexandria near Egypt"). In the course of Roman rule in Egypt, the city's name was Latinised as Alexandrēa ad Aegyptum. After the capture of Alexandria...

Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger...

abandoned Alexandria and returned to Ifriqiya in May 915. The failure did not prevent the Fatimids from launching another unsuccessful attempt to capture Egypt...

under Napoleon captured the city in 1798 and the British soon captured it from the French, retaining Alexandria within their sphere of influence for 150...

attempt, the Fatimids captured Alexandria with ease. However, while the Abbasid garrison in Fustat was weaker and mutinous due to lack of pay, al-Qa'im did...

War of the Second Coalition: Egypt and Syria 800km 500miles 6 5 Jaffa 4 Cairo 3 Alexandria 2 Malta 1    The French invasion of Egypt and Syria was a military...

51 of the General Prologue, it is said of the Knight that: "At Alisaundre he was, whan it was wonne". If the Knight were at the capture of Alexandria, then...

John describes the major events of Amr's campaign, such as the taking of the Babylon Fortress and the capture of Alexandria. Though the timeline is occasionally...

The Capitulation of Alexandria in August 1801 brought to an end the French expedition to Egypt. French troops, who had been abandoned by Napoleon Bonaparte...

Cyril of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁ̅ or ⲡⲓ̀ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲕⲓⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ; c. 376–444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from...

of Alexandria. Right outer low relief (Avenue de la Grande Armée): The Crossing of the Arcole Bridge. Outer low relief (Avenue Kléber): The Battle of Jemappes...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (/oʊˌkɑːsioʊ kɔːrˈtɛz/ oh-KAH-see-oh kor-TEZ, Spanish: [aleɣˈsandɾja oˈkasjo koɾˈtes]; born October 13, 1989), also known as AOC...

Franklin. He landed in Egypt on 4 July after the capture of Alexandria and was then made a member of the Commission des Sciences et des Arts. Still under...

on 18 March 1805, he took part in the capture of Alexandria in February 1807 and the subsequent occupation of Rosetta in April 1807. During the Peninsular...

bear, the name HMS Alexandria, after the city in Egypt: HMS Alexandria (1801) was the French frigate Régénérée, captured at Alexandria in 1801, renamed...

beginning of the Islamic conquest of Egypt. The capture of Alexandria and the rest of the country brought an end to 670 years of Roman trade with the subcontinent...

The Serapeum of Alexandria in the Ptolemaic Kingdom was an ancient Greek temple built by Ptolemy III Euergetes (reigned 246–222 BC) and dedicated to Serapis...

influence him. The Sultan could no longer tolerate the insult of the capture of Alexandria and could not accept a friendly arrangement with Peter. The attack...

at two notable occasions, the surrender of the Dutch fleet in the Vlieter Incident and the capture of Alexandria, and her crew participated in two land...

voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Rome. A grain ship leaving Alexandria, would first steer north east to Cyprus, then follow the south coast of Asia Minor...

to Alexandria and bottle Menou up. Hutchinson left Coote with 6,000 men and then sent part of the reserve with Baron Charles de Hompesch to capture Rosetta...

port close to the front would still be necessary for victory. The capture of Alexandria would have made Malta irrelevant but a defensive strategy would...

Machaut's principles of poetry, music and rhetoric, as imparted to him by Nature and Love. Prise d'Alexandrie ("The Capture of Alexandria") (after 1369) –...

1861, Alexandria was swiftly captured by Union forces and held for the remainder of the American Civil War. In the late 20th century, Alexandria became...

launched an attack with the target being the capture of Alexandria, which was to become known as the First Battle of El Alamein. The Allied forces fought hard...

Drink! – An ode of joy for Octavian's victory at Actium, the capture of Alexandria, and the death of Cleopatra (30 BC). The tone of triumph over the...

the time of Justinian I, then in the scale of the Byzantine Empire, especially after the capture of Alexandria and Antioch by the Arabs, on the contrary...

may have been captured or founded by Alexander. The ruins of Alexandria Troas, which W. W. Tarn theorized was founded by Alexander. Plan of the archaeological...

Alexandria City High School (formerly named T. C. Williams High School) is a public high school in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, United States, just...