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MODERN ERA
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Until his death in 1848, Muhammad Ali Pasha instituted a number of social and economic reforms that earned him the title of founder of modern Egypt. However, while Muhammad Ali initiated the construction of public buildings in the city, those reforms... |
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STAGNATION AND OTTOMAN RULE
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Although it avoided Europe's stagnation during the Late Middle Ages, Cairo could not escape the Black Death, which struck the city more than fifty times between 1348 and 1517. During its initial, and most deadly waves, approximately 200,000 people we... |
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FOUNDATION AND EXPANSION
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In 969, led by General Gawhar al-Siqilli, the Fatimid Caliphate conquered Egypt from Tunisia and established a new fortified city northeast of Fustat. It took four years for Jawhar to build the city, initially known as al-Man??riyyah, which later too... |
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INITIAL SETTLEMENTS
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The area around present-day Cairo, especially Memphis, had long been a focal point of Ancient Egypt due to its strategic location just upstream from the Nile Delta. However, the origins of the modern city are generally traced back to a series of sett... |
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GEOGRAPHY OF CAIRO
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Cairo is located in northern Egypt, known as Lower Egypt, 165 kilometers (100 mi) south of the Mediterranean Sea and 120 kilometers (75 mi) west of the Gulf of Suez and Suez Canal. The city is along the Nile River, immediately south of the point wher... |
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WEATHER IN CAIRO
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In Cairo, and along the Nile River Valley, the climate is a desert climate (BWh according to the Köppen climate classification system[63]), but often with high humidity due to the river valley's effects. Wind storms can be frequent, bringing Saharan ... |
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RESTAURANTS IN CAIRO
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ZamalekCairo Egypt 11511 Tel: 20 2 735 9640Concierge.com's insider take:The tremendously popular (and noisy) Abou El Sid is a nostalgic ode to Egyptian comfort food and Cairo's prerevolutionary heyday. The original, best-loved branch (there are now f... |
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CAIRO FOOD
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Cairo - Food & DrinkFeast on Cairo's favourite street food like flavoursome koshary with lentils, onions and rice, or recline on plump cushions along the Nile while puffing on a sheesha after a multitude of mezes.Hearty: DowntownDowntown's glut o... |
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