On the anniversary of his departure .. Learn about 5 requests to Alexander the Great when he entered Egypt

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The anniversary of the departure of Alexander the Great, the ruler of the Macedonian Empire, will take place on this day, June 10, 232 BC, which, upon arrival in Egypt, specifically in Alexandria, called for five demands, which we will review in the coming lines.

Alexander Alexander III was born in the city of Pila about 356 BC, and was educated by the philosopher, Alexander the Great. He was a Greek king of Macedonia, one of the most famous military leaders and conquerors throughout history. And the world famous Aristotle until the sixteenth century, and by the thirtieth year, he founded one of the largest and greatest empires known to the ancient world, which stretched from the coasts of the Greek Sea to the west and the Himalayas in the east.

As for his demands, the story began as soon as he arrived in the city of "Rakuda" Alexandria now, after returning from Syria and Iraq, after he took power in succession to his father, and demanded during the presence of his men to turn Alexandria from an island to a whole city overlooking all its streets on the sea , And informed his men quickly completed, and gave them a deadline until his return from another trip we will refer to the next paragraph.

After Alexander the Great gave his men the conversion of Alexandria as we have already referred to a whole city, he demanded his second demand to go to Siwa. Indeed, Alexander the Great went to meet the governor of Siwa.

His third request is gold to visit the Temple of the "Ammonite", which was the center of the worship of the god Amun, the idol of the Egyptians and the Greeks then, built in 1662 BC. M, located 4 kilometers east of the city of Siwa.

His fourth request is what happened just as Alexander the Great entered the temple of Amun, where he was asked to be overthrown by the god Amun, to say what was inside.

As to what Alexander the Great had said within the Temple of the "Ammonite", there is some speculation that he asked Amun 3 questions, such as: "Who fought his father, how much control over the whole world, and how long will he survive?

As for his fifth request, he asked Alexander the Great, the military commander, to be buried in Siwa for his love of the idol Amun.

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