14. Why do great cities rarely develop without the aid of commerce? Were all the great cities in Alexander's empire of commercial importance?
15. Show how Alexandria has always been one of the meeting points between Orient and Occident.
16. How did the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 A.D. affect the commercial importance of Alexandria?
17. Name some of the great scientists of the Alexandrian age.
18. What were their contributions to knowledge?
19. Using the maps on pages 76 and 132, trace the growth of geographical knowledge from Homer's time to that of Ptolemy.
20. What parts of the world are most correctly outlined on Ptolemy's map?
21. "The seed-ground of European civilization is neither Greece nor the Orient, but a world joined of the two." Comment on this statement.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Webster, Readings in Ancient History, chapter xii, "Demosthenes and the Struggle against Philip"; chapter xiii, "Exploits of Alexander the Great."