CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Alexandria
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Cairo
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Athens
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Sparta
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sometimes given the toponym Alexandria in Susiana by modern historians, Charax Spasinu was the later name of a settlement founded by Alexander on the confluence of the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Alexandria was founded in 1749 by Scottish merchants and was named after Scotsman John Alexander. Alexandria is known as being the adopted hometown of America’s first president, George Washington. As a teenager, George Washington surveyed the city. Later, he owned a townhouse here in Old Town.
Detailed explanation-4: -West and Central Asia 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. Alexandria Carmania, unknown location, Iran.