Cairo

Egypt is “the gift of the Nile”, as the Greek historian Herodotus stated around 400 B.C. Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, along the Nile River. The Nile, the world’s longest river, provided fertile soil, irrigation for crops, and reeds called papyrus for Egypt. Egyptians started producing papyrus paper (also called papyrus) as early as 3000 BC. Papyrus paper was more convenient than clay tablets (people used to write on them before papyrus paper), because they…

Egypt is full of ideas and interesting geography.The Nile river was the most important part of Egypt’s geography surrounded by east and west. Every year the Nile floods this gave Egyptians all their gifts like soil, plants, animals, and natural resources. The Greek historian Herodotus said, “Egypt is the gift of the Nile.” But really the Nile is a gift to Egyptians. The life-giving landscape of Egypt allowed the ancient Egyptians to progress. Even though Egyptians were scattered across the land…

The Nile River is a north-flowing river in northeast Africa. The Nile flows through nine countries, from the Delta region to Lake Victoria(the biggest of African Great Lakes). One half is called The Blue Nile, and the other half is called The White Nile, together they make the longest river in the world. It is about 4,250 miles long, and about 2 miles wide. Every year it would flood, when that would happen the Egyptians would thank the god Hapy, that was the beginning of the year. As it would…

How did the Nile shape ancient Egypt? Egypt lasted for about 2,000 years. The first pharaoh to ever rule over Egypt began his rule in 2920 BCE. The people of Egypt paid their taxes in wheat, and wheat was their main export. So wheat was like their money. Irrigation was the way they got water to their crops it was the only way for farms that weren't on the shore of the Nile to get water to their otherwise dry land. The Nile shaped ancient Egypt in the forms of settlement distribution, economics,…

Pretty soon, no one else has entered the factory's ground. She stands there, undecided, a bit afraid, yet her need to assess the true identity of Thibault is too overwhelming for her to turn back. If she does not pursue and does nothing, she reckons, she will be putting at risk not only Simone's daughter but who knows how many countless other little girls. Because, deep in her heart, she is almost certain that Thibault is the one who ambushed and molested Dominique, after which without a thought…

Did the Nile Shape Ancient Egypt? Do you think could hike over 4,000 miles in 55 days? The Nile is river is the longest River on the world measuring over 4,000 miles. That’s a very long hike! That distance is the same as hiking from STL to seattle and back. For the Anicent Egyptians traveling up and down this long river was a way of life. The Nile shaped Anicent Egypt in at least 3 ways, The Nile provided precious water in a vast desert for sustaining crops, provided Transportation…

Egypt is also located in the middle of a desert is the home of the longest river in the world; the Nile River. The Nile is shaped like a lotus flower, which is seen in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, math, and art. It is unique because it runs from the south to the north and begins in the mountains in the south. Every spring, the snow on the mountains would melt and cause the Nile River to flood This was beneficial to the Ancient Egyptians because it left behind fertile soil and crop could be…

This is telling how Cairo had to demand freedom from the leader to make police brutality stop. The people of Cairo were very powerful in their fight. “. . .we were doing what Egyptians do best, and what the regime ruling us had tried so hard to destroy: we had come together, as individuals, millions of us, in a great cooperative effort.” (75). When Cairo got their new leader, police officers were allowed to beat people and the Egyptians…

The Cairo Genizah or “Sacred Trash” is the collection of 300,000 manuscript of Jewish literary collected from the storeroom of Ben Eza Synagogue in old Cairo, Egypt. Genizah in Hebrew means hide away or keeping aside, like Janaza (means burial) in Arabic is derived from Persian word ganj denotes a treasure. These manuscripts dated from 870 CE to 19th century, contain approximately 1000 years of information about the Jewish communities of Cairo (Schechter). Genizah contains the largest…

On Saturday, February 27, the American University in Cairo (AUC) student, Omar Khaled, passed away after a common injury during an American Football game between the AUC Titans and the Cairo Bears. The 18 years-old freshman student, who was known between his fellows as the ‘Jumbo’, was an offensive guard at the AUC Titans. During the first few minutes of the game, Khaled got hit in the chest by his opponent’s helmet as it made him have difficulty in breathing. According to Omar Arafa, a member…