Cairo
Capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world.
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Giza pyramid complex
Site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza.
The site is at the edges of the Western Desert, approximately 9 km west of the Nile River in the city of Giza, and about 13 km southwest of the city centre of Cairo.
Fustat
The first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.
The first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo.
The remains of the city were eventually absorbed by nearby Cairo, which had been built to the north of Fustat in 969 when the Fatimids conquered the region and created a new city as a royal enclosure for the Caliph.
Cinema of Egypt
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo which is known to be the Hollywood of the MENA region.
Al-Azhar University
The Al-Azhar University (جامعة الأزهر (الشريف),, "the University of (the honorable) Al-Azhar") is a public university in Cairo, Egypt.
Arab League
Regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, and Western Asia.
Regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, and Western Asia.
The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 initially with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan (renamed Jordan in 1949), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.
Fatimid Caliphate
Ismaili Shia caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelvth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
Ismaili Shia caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelvth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
In 969, during the reign of al-Mu'izz, they conquered Egypt, and in 973 the caliphate was moved to the new capital of Cairo.
Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt (مصر السفلى ; ) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur.
Memphis, Egypt
The ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("north").
The ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("north").
The city of Memphis is 20 km south of Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile.
Islamic Cairo
Islamic Cairo (قاهرة المعز, meaning: Al-Mu'izz's Cairo), also called Historic Cairo or Medieval Cairo, refers generically to the historic areas of Cairo, Egypt, that existed before the city's modern expansion during the 19th and 20th centuries; particularly the central parts around the old walled city and around the Citadel of Cairo.
Upper Egypt
Southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend downriver between Nubia and Lower Egypt in the north.
Southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend downriver between Nubia and Lower Egypt in the north.
Upper Egypt is between the Cataracts of the Nile beyond modern-day Aswan, downriver (northward) to the area of El-Ayait, which places modern-day Cairo in Lower Egypt.