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Cairo
Cairo
is the only city in the world that hosts antiquities of four civilizations:
Pharaonic, Romanian, Christian and Islamic.
Pharaonic Cairo
It is a human and urban entity that always moves with life. The site of
this city goes back long before it was named Cairo. It started at the west
bank of the river Nile, at about 4225 B.C.
Inhabitants of the eastern district of the Delta chose a location that lies
a few miles away from the northern part of Cairo. It is the ancient "Oun"
town known by Greek as "Heliopolis".
Now it is named by Cairenes as "Ain Shams".
That city witnessed the flourishing of astrology, medicine and engineering.
It became a significant center to the ancient religions. Revolution of knowledge
developed on the Nile banks. Ancient Egyptians could discover the natural
phenomena laws. As for agricultural processes, they set the agricultural
solar chronology that divides the year into its four seasons with great
accuracy.
When "King Mena" ruled Upper Egypt, he successfuly united lower
and upper Egypt. Mena established a new capital called "Menf"
that lies at about 22 km,away from the south of Cairo. That city was known
as "the White Wall" up to the 26th century B.C. Later, Egyptians
came to call it "Men Nefer", the same name was changed by the
Greek to be "Memphis".
Islamic Cairo
The Islamic era in Egypt was generally the golden age for arts and architecture.
Examples of such revival can be seen in the building of several mosques,
fortresses and city walls, in addition to the flourishing of decorative
arts.They were most evident in the construction of al-Fustat, the first
capital of Egypt, where Amr Ibn el-Aas built the first mosque in the country.
The Nile meter on the island of Rodha in modern Cairo, built by Abbasid
Caliph al-Mutawakel Billah in 245 AH, is known to be the oldest Islamic
monument in Egypt.
Islamic architecture also flourished mainly in al-Qatay' city and Ahmed
Ibn Touloon mosque which was built in the same style of Amr Ibn el-Aas mosque,
with the addition of a fountain, minaret, props and the foundation sign
board. The minaret of Ahmed Ibn Touloon mosque is known for its unique shape
in Egypt that was derived from the Persian temples known as “Zigurat”.
During the Ayyubid period, further advances were made in the field of architecture.
Salah ed-Din's (Saladin's) Citadel still stands out as a lofty, striking
example of Islamic architecture. The Mamelukes were no less advanced in
this field. They also left behind a great wealth of finely designed and
decorated mosques, domes, mystics' houses, palaces, schools, khans (inns),
fortresses and public drinking fountains.
Modern Day Cairo
By virtue of all his up-to-date all encompassing reforms, Muhammad Ali is
truly considered the founder of Modern Egypt. He encouraged and sponsored
men of learning, scientists and artists. He built a powerful army as well
as a military academy. A ship building industry was started in Boulaq, Cairo
together with a shipyard in Alexandria.
He specially attended to the administration of government affairs. During
the first half of the 19th Century, a full-scale economic revival was in
full swing. Special attention was given to agriculture and irrigation, where
barrages, dams and canals were built.
In industry, Muhammad Ali adopted a policy of dispensing foreign-made products,
and creating national factories and plants to meet the needs of the army
and the public.
In trade, he sought to provide security for internal trade routes and create
a foreign trade fleet. During his reign, trade flourished.
At the same time, Muhammad Ali was enthusiastically interested in spreading
education to cater to the government 's manpower needs. Schools of various
levels and specialties were built and educational missions were sent to
Europe to transfer modern sciences to Egypt. After his death, Muhammad Ali's
successors tried their best to follow his suit by attempting to catch up
with European civilization. During the reign of Khedive Ismail, Egypt witnessed
an awakening administrative reform, while agriculture, industry, construction
and architecture prospered.
During the 19th Century was one of enlightenment, rediscovery of the Egyptian
power system and development of human wealth. By the end of the century,
Egypt witnessed many revolts against the foreign intervention. The nationalist
movement grew stronger and several popular revolts took place. However,
the Orabi Revolution (1882 AD) ended up with Egypt being occupied and declared
a protectorate by Britain in 1914. Accordingly, Egypt officially broke off
from Ottoman suzerainty.
Thus, Egypt entered the 20th Century under the British colonialist rule
that plundered its resources. Popular resistance and national movements
soon escalated under the nationalist leaders: Mostafa Kamel, Muhammad Fareed
and Sa'ad Zaghloul, leading the 1919 Revolution calling for independence.
The British occupation of Egypt came to an end and the country was declared
as an independent state in 1922. The first Egyptian Constitution was issued
in 1923.
Later, a period of economic revival led by the great nationalist economist
Tala'at Harb emerged which led to the establishment of an industrial, productive
and services base in all sectors of the economy.
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Cairo Links:
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/cairo/
http://www.cairotourist.com/
http://www.cairotimes.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo