330s BC

Alexandria is a major city in Egypt. Lying at the western edge of the Nile River Delta, it extends about along the country's northern coast. It is Egypt's principal seaport, the second largest city after Cairo, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria is one of the largest and most important cities of antiquity and a leading hub for science, culture, and scholarship.

Iranian (Persian) empire (550–330 BC)

decade of the 4th-century BCE

second and last Achaemenid rule on Egypt (343–332 BC)