古埃及的紐約：亞歷山大

開(kāi)羅并非一直是埃及的中心，在埃及艷后所在的托勒密王朝時(shí)期，埃及的中心是亞歷山大?Alexandria

圖片來(lái)源：Wikipedia

當(dāng)時(shí)的亞歷山大不光是埃及的中心，它的規(guī)模和富裕程度在全世界都名列前茅，而且相當(dāng)國(guó)際化，基本就等于現(xiàn)在的紐約。（托勒密王朝大約是公元前200年，也就是中國(guó)的西漢時(shí)代）

這里曾經(jīng)擁有上古時(shí)期的全球頂尖學(xué)術(shù)機(jī)構(gòu)——亞歷山大的大圖書(shū)館?The Great Library of Alexandria

很可惜，后來(lái)這個(gè)大圖書(shū)館被毀了，并沒(méi)有流傳下來(lái)，就和亞歷山大的絕大部分古跡一樣?，F(xiàn)在的亞歷山大已經(jīng)基本沒(méi)有古時(shí)候的遺產(chǎn)了，不過(guò)它仍是埃及第二大的城市，也是全球最重要的港口。

During the time of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Alexandria was second only to Rome in size and wealth. But due to centuries of major battles in the city, very little of Alexandria is left. And what conquering armies didn’t demolish, earthquakes shook the ground and finished off the rest. Although Alexandria was an ancient version of New York City, after the capital was moved in 641, the city went into centuries of decline. When Napoleon arrived, he came upon little more than a small fishing village. Fortunately in the 19th century, it was revived as part of an industrialization program. And now it is the largest port in the country. The Western Harbor alone handles 60-70% of the entire country’s imports and exports.
在托勒密王朝時(shí)期，亞歷山大的規(guī)模和財(cái)富都傲視全球，僅次于羅馬。不過(guò)由于這個(gè)城市在幾個(gè)世紀(jì)中經(jīng)歷了許多大戰(zhàn)，古亞歷山大留下來(lái)的遺產(chǎn)已經(jīng)很少了；即使是侵略者沒(méi)有毀掉的那些，也被地震毀掉了。雖然亞歷山相當(dāng)于古代的紐約，但在公園641年埃及遷都后，這座城市經(jīng)歷了連續(xù)幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的衰退。當(dāng)拿破侖來(lái)到這里的時(shí)候，他看見(jiàn)的已經(jīng)不比一個(gè)小漁村大多少了。好在到了十九世紀(jì)，它借由一個(gè)工業(yè)化計(jì)劃得到了復(fù)興?，F(xiàn)在亞歷山大已經(jīng)是全國(guó)最大的港口，其中西港一個(gè)港口就承擔(dān)了全國(guó)60%-70%的進(jìn)出口。

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