Tour streets and bazaars of Africa's largest city and the Middle East's cultural centre along the Nile River

Tour streets and bazaars of Africa's largest city and the Middle East's cultural centre along the Nile River

An introduction to Cairo, including discussion of its population and views of its Nile riverbank, its major thoroughfares, and its souks (bazaars) in the central walled city.
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    Overview of the Nile River, 2009.
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    Overview of the SS Sudan, which inspired Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (1937) and was featured in the film adaptation (1978).
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    Learn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power.
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    An overview of the importance of the Nile River to the development of North Africa.


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