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b'The Muslims arrived at Alexandria in July 641\\nIt was perhaps the most magnificent and biggest city they\\u2019ve encountered so far\\nAlexandria was founded by the Greek general Alexander the Great and is named after him\\nIn Arabic it is called Al-Iskandariyah\\nAlexander meant for it to be a great center of Hellenistic culture\\nHowever Alexander left the city under the command of one of his generals soon after founding it. Then he went back on the warpath and never came back\\nAt one point, it was the second most important city in the world after Rome; if Rome was like NYC then Alexandria was like London\\nAlexandria linked the Greek and Roman parts of Europe with and Arabia and Asia'