WORLD HISTORY

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: -Plutarch tells us that when Alexander left Egypt, he left behind a “large and populous Greek city.” A city that was first dubbed “Alexandria in Arachosia” in ancient times is now the modern city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. Alexander appears to have founded this town on the site of a sixth-century BC Persian garrison.

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: -Alexandria Troas, in the ancient Troad, Asia Minor, near modern Dalyan, Turkey. Alexandria ad Latmum, in ancient Caria, probably near modern Karpuzlu, Turkey. More items