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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.
The south sea was renamed the pacific during the voyage of <span>Magellan. He is the one who </span>renamed the south sea<span> to the </span>Pacific. <span>While in the service of Spain, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand </span>Magellan<span> led the first European voyage of discovery to circumnavigate the globe. Hope this answers the question.</span>
<span>Fernando Henrique Cardoso</span>
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Surrounded means to be encircled.
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