It was a thriving economy, everyone loved Egypt or Alexandria since It had great farm land and since there was so many people they needed lots of housing space which they had, and plenty of farms to feed the demand of people.
Egypt population growth was located towards the Nile river Basin because the land in Nile Valleys and Delta are Quite fertile, due to the sediments being deposit by the river. This land, that makes only 3 percent of total Egypt's land, is highly populated, and the inhabitants have stablished their economy towards agriculture. About 5 million people lived in Egypt and the vast majority was located between the fertile lands near the Nile and the start of the desert in the west.
