The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind
Format: kindle
ASIN: B001JL2RM8
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
History,
Cultural,
Science,
Geography,
Education,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Egypt,
Cities
Pretty darn entertaining for an intellectual history of a city I have to say. The second half of the book kind of dropped off for me. The history of science and reason in Alexandria is replaced by squabbles over religion in the later years of the Roman Empire and a lot of the esoteric arguments ma...