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INDEX SEARCH RESULTS FOR: ALEXANDRIA
 ALEXANDRIA
 - tour through time
- the library
- lighthouse
- earliest evidence of a synagogue
- and Artemidorus
- and Caesar
- as Christian centre
- surrendered to Arabs in 642
- taken by Napoleon in 1798
- recovery in the 19th century
- Italian frogmen in 1941
 Alexandria Quartet (Durrell)
alexandrine - in French classical verse
Alexandropolis - in Thrace
Alexis - tsar of Russia
- and Nikon
Alexis - son of Peter the Great
Alexis - son of Nicholas II
Alexius IV
Alfaro, Eloy - president of Ecuador
Alf Garnett - Till Death Us Do Part
Alfonsín, Raúl - president of Argentina
Alfonso V - and Naples in 1442
Alfonso VI - captures Toledo
Alfonso XII, king of Spain
Alfonso XIII, king of Spain
Alfred the Great
- at the battle of Ashdown
- brief biography
- and the Alfred Jewel
Alfred Jewel
algae - in evolution
Algardi, Alessandro - and portrait busts
algebra - origin of word
- in Babylon and Egypt
Algeciras - conference in 1905
ALGERIA
- tour through time (from 1827)
- border dispute with Morocco
Algiers - Allied landing in 1942
- the Secotan and the English
Alhambra - in Granada
Ali - son-in-law of Muhammad
- selected as the fourth caliph
Alianza Popular Revolucionaria - and Haya
Ali Baba - in the Arabian Nights
- brief account
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Aljubarrota - battle in 1385
 alkalosis - and blood gas analysis
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