The last of the great African cities on the Mediterranean is Alexandria, which was founded by the Greek general and conqueror Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. Alexander's conquest of much of North Africa and western Asia led to the spread of Greek culture and religion, giving rise to what is known as Hellenic civilization throughout the area.
Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July 1918. His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the Acting King of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. In 1930, when he was 12 years old, his father died and the young Rolihlahla became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni1.
