CIVILIZATION
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athens
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athena
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alexandria
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Detailed explanation-1: -The warrior-king Alexander the Great, who was born on July 20, 356 BC, named more than seventy cities which were part of his conquest, after himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alexandria ad Latmum, in ancient Caria, probably near modern Karpuzlu, Turkey. Alexandria ad Issum, in ancient Syria, near modern İskenderun, Turkey. Iskandariya (Alexandria), in ancient Mesopotamia, modern Iraq. Alexandria in Susiana, later Charax Spasinu, modern Iraq.
Detailed explanation-3: -Once among the greatest cities of the Mediterranean world and a centre of Hellenic scholarship and science, Alexandria was the capital of Egypt from its founding by Alexander the Great in 332 bce until its surrender to the Arab forces led by ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ in 642 ce.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alexandria Boukephala and Alexandria Nikaia were two cities founded by Alexander the Great during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent. Two of many cities founded by the Macedonian king, the cities were founded on either side of the Hydaspes (Jhelum River), east of the Indus River.