just yesterday, I was wondering when this took place...
In the year
331 bce
Construction
At the direction of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian architect Deinokrates lays out the new city of Alexandria on the Nile delta in Egypt. Its central north-south and eastwest streets are each 14 m (46 ft) wide, dividing the city into four quarters, each with its own character. The plan is completed later by Ptolemy I, who joins several rocky islands and builds a long
causeway to form two harbors set off by the famous Lighthouse of Pharos (named after the island on which it is built).
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