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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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Dmitry Pichugin/Dreamstime.comOverview of the Nile River, 2009.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Stuart Pinkney; © Ruzanna Arutyunyan/Dreamstime.comOverview 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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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzLearn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.An overview of the importance of the Nile River to the development of North Africa.
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