Alexandria was situated at the mouth of which sea?

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Mediterranean Sea is correct answer.Key Points

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
Alexandria was Egypt's capital from its foundation by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE until its surrender to Arab troops commanded by Amr ibn al- in 642 CE. It was once one of the greatest cities in the Mediterranean continent and a center of Hellenic learning and science.
The Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden provide access to the ocean in the south.
The Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (which leads to the Suez Canal) are located in the north.
Since ancient times, the sea has played an important navigational function.

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The Black Sea is a huge inland sea located at Europe's southeastern tip.
It is one of the world's most famous inland waters, bordered by Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania.
Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Iran, India, and the Maldives all have coasts on the Arabian Sea.
The Mediterranean Sea is surrounded by 21 different countries. Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey are the countries involved.