Alexandria replaced the ravaged Tyre as the major commercial and trade center in the region. Alexandria later became the first international city. The city drew in people from all cultures and regions most significantly, Persians and Greeks, Macedonians and Jews, Indians and Africans were all drawn by the opportunities available in this busy port. the city became a fusion of the Greek and Oriental culture that became to be known as Hellenism began to develop and spread, and the cultures of both East and West were changed. Although, trade was aberrant, the Egyptians disapproved of slave trade, they felt the slaves were taking away jobs from the free peasants. Memphis continued to be its capital of Egypt The administrative framework of Egypt