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Travel Site #8:
Alexander the great was thinking of conquering Memphis or the capital of ancient Upper and Lower Egypt. He was feared by everyone so, the Egyptians decided to hail him a savior and liberator, and he was considered the people’s choice and legitimate heir. After that, he was offered the double crown of the two lands of Upper and Lower Egypt. Then he was anointed and crowned as the Pharaoh of Memphis, and he was considered as a “living god”. Finally, he had to continue his conquest of conquering and he left Memphis. This city’s significance is that it considered and made Alexander the great a pharaoh which, is the highest person in Egyptian society and it provided him more propaganda for his conquest. The picture below shows Upper and Lower Egypt, which, was part of Alexander the great’s Empire during the time when he was a pharaoh in Egypt.
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