Summary Week 2 Alexandria.docx HIST 270 Alexandria is not in Russia American Military University / American Public University System HIST 270: History of Science Alexandria is not in Russia For my assignment I have selected Alexandria. I chose it due to m

Week 2 A HIST 270 Alexandria is not in Russia American Military University / American Public University System HIST 270: History of Science Alexandria is not in Russia For my assignment I have selected Alexandria. I chose it due to my background of being Russian and born in Soviet Union. I was not expecting it to not be in Russia, even though the bulk of our reading was about the middle east or the near east. It should have clicked in my head, but it did not. From further research in the APUS Library, I was correct in my assumption that as he founded the city on Egyptian coast, Alexander the Great named it. This was very educational for me, and I am glad I stepped out of my knowledge zone. For the person that I would like to meet, I will be choosing John Philoponus. The reason being is that I always tend to wonder who was the œfirst  person to think of this or that. Through his researc