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3 days ago · Cairo, city, capital of Egypt, and one of the largest cities in Africa. Founded by the Fatimids in the 10th century, the city lies on the banks of the Nile near ancient Memphis. In modern times it has become a major center of higher education and a cultural capital of the Middle East.
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Cairo - Population, Ethnicity, Religion: Cairo’s population,...
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Some 5,000 years ago Memphis—today lying mainly in ruins...
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Cairo - Ancient, Urbanization, Nile: Muḥammad ʿAlī, sent to...
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Historical sites in the governorate include the Giza...
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2 days ago · Historic Cairo is a living testament to the enduring legacy of Islamic civilization. Its monuments, mosques, and markets tell the story of a city that has witnessed the rise and fall of empires, the flourishing of art and learning, and the unfolding of countless human dramas. As historian Janet Abu-Lughod writes, "Cairo‘s history is a ...
1 day ago · The city of Cairo, on the Nile River in Egypt. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the “gift of the Nile.”. Indeed, the country’s rich agricultural productivity—it is one of the region’s major food producers—has long supported a large rural population devoted to working the land.
4 days ago · The Mamluk Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة المماليك, romanized: Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries.
1 day ago · Cairo was established by the fourth Fatimid caliph, al-Mu'izz, in 359 AH/970 CE and remained the capital of the Fatimid caliphate for the duration of the dynasty.
4 days ago · Organized instruction in the Cairo Al-Azhar Mosque began in 978. Education would begin at a young age with study of Arabic and the Quran, either at home or in a primary school, which was often attached to a mosque.
4 days ago · The earliest surviving obelisk dates from the reign of Sesostris I (1918–1875 bce) and stands at Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo, where once stood a temple to Re. One of a pair of obelisks erected at Karnak by Thutmose I ( c. 1493– c. 1482 bce) is 80 feet (24 metres) high, square at the base, with sides of 6 feet (1.8 metres), and 143 tons in weight.
