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It was significant because it was the largest city in Egypt for more than two thousand years, not to mention being the capital for about half the time. The city made major profit from overland connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
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napoleon lost a huge part of his army due to fire set by Russian nationalist, because they could not survive a Russian winter
When you state or set something forth in words, you have expressed yourself.
No I would not trust what they say. The debates are long and in order to strengthen their claims they are going to come up with at least a couple lies along the way.