Alexander In Egypt

When Alexander the Great entered Egypt he was faced with little resistance. The Persians had occupied Egypt from 525B.C. to 404B.C. and had reconquered it in 343B.C. Alexander's arrival seemed more like a procession. At Pelusium, Alexander ordered his navy to occupy the capital, Memphis, and he lead his army to Heliopolis. This was the most important place in the religious life of Egypt where the temple of Ra, the sun god, was found. Ra protected the Pharaoh. this is te city where Alexander was crowned Pharaoh and accepted the title of king of Upper and Lower Egypt; beloved by Amon; the chosen one of Ra; the son of Ra, Alexander. Alexander decided to found a new city on the western mouth of the Nile, Alexandria. He probably wanted to open a trade route to the Aegean sea. It was one of his greatest and longest of his succeses.