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Memphis (Egypt)
Memphis , ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100-c.2258 BC), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. It was reputedly founded by Menes , the first king of united Egypt. Its god was Ptah . The temple of Ptah, the palace of Apries , and two huge statues of ... Read more |
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Farouk I
Farouk I Farouk I (1920-1965) was the second king of modern Egypt. Though he was dynamic and a nationalist, the realization of being powerless under British sovereignty turned his interests from statecraft to the gratification of his desires. Farouk, the only son of Fuad I, was born in Cairo... Read more |
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Menes
Menes , fl. 3200 BC, king of ancient Egypt, of the first dynasty, the first Egyptian ruler for whom there are historical records. According to tradition, he seems to have united the southern and northern kingdoms and to have settled on a new capital, later known as Memphis . One theory identifies... Read more |
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Suez
Suez , city (1996 pop. 417,610), NE Egypt, at the northern end of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. An important port with extensive facilities, it is also a refueling station, a holding area for ships entering the canal, and a center for the storage and refining of... Read more |
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Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun , 1332-1406, Arab historian, b. Tunis. He held various offices under the rulers of Tunis and Morocco and served (1363) as ambassador of the Moorish king of Granada to Peter the Cruel of Castile. In 1382 he sailed to Cairo, where he spent most of the rest of his life as a teacher and... Read more |
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American University in Cairo
American University in Cairo at Cairo, Egypt; English language; founded 1919. It has faculties of anthropology, computer science, economics and political science, engineering, English and comparative literature, management, mass communication, psychology, science, and sociology. There is a large... Read more |
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Cairo geniza
Cairo geniza , archive of ancient Jewish manuscripts found in the synagogue of Fostat-Cairo, Egypt (built 882). In the 1890s western scholars visited the synagogue and removed the materials to the Bodleian Library at the Univ. of Oxford, the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, and other major... Read more |
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Cairo
Cairo , Arab. Al Qahirah, city (1996 pop. 6,789,479), capital of Egypt and the Cairo governorate, NE Egypt, a port on the Nile River near the head of its delta, at the boundary of ancient Upper and Lower Egypt. The city includes two islands in the Nile, Zamalik (Gezira) and Roda (Rawdah), which... Read more |
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Tehran Conference
Tehran Conference Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 1943, meeting of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin at Tehran, Iran. The conference was held to strengthen the cooperation of the United States, Great Britain, and the USSR in World War II. It followed... Read more |
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Fuad I
Fuad I (Ahmed Fuad Pasha) , 1868-1936, first king of modern Egypt, son of the khedive Ismail Pasha. Educated in Europe, Fuad returned to Egypt in 1880. He was particularly concerned with military and cultural affairs and founded the Univ. of Cairo in 1906. He succeeded his brother Hussein as... Read more |
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Mubarak, Abdullah probe Palestinian issue
Mubarak, Abdullah probe Palestinian issue CAIRO, June 18 (Xinhua...Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah II of Jordan held...two-hour-long summit dealt with "boosting...decree on June 10 to ... |
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Arab Leaders Agree Summit Is Necessary
...leadership summit back on track...they need to hold a summit but...reporters in Cairo that he would...President Hosni Mubarak's offer...Sheik, Mubarak met the kings of Jordan...Crown Prince ... |
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Mubarak returns to Cairo after talks on Arab summit preparations
...rescuing an Arab summit and returned to Cairo Thursday, officials...was given for Mubarak's decision...reporters that Mubarak's chief of...Officials in Cairo, speaking on...had met the kings of Jordan and...Crown Prince ... |
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Some Arab Nations Back Egypt on Summit
...2004 Dateline: CAIRO, EgyptMohammed...28, 2004. A summit of Arab leaders...s call to hold an Arab summit...President Hosni Mubarak criticized Tunisia...the summit in Cairo. He told Saudi...Crown Prince ... |
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Mubarak to meet with Saudi king on regional issues
Mubarak to meet with Saudi king on regional issues CAIRO, May 31 (Xinhua...Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will hold talks with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz on...agency reported. The ... |
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Moussa: Arab leaders disagree on summit venue, agenda
...Dateline: CAIRO, EgyptArab...they need to hold a summit but disagree...reporters in Cairo Thursday that...President Hosni Mubarak's offer...Mubarak met the kings of Jordan...Crown Prince ... |
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Most Arab States to Hold Summit June 21 on Israel; Mubarak Notes Exclusion of...
...agreed today to hold the first large...President Hosni Mubarak, Syrian President...Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia...An Arab summit will be called...June 21-23 in Cairo, the Reuter...League, but Mubarak said Iraqi ... |
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EGYPT: MUBARAK, SALEH, AL BASHIR , TALABANI HOLD FOUR-WAY SUMMIT TO SUPPORT...
...held a four way summit Sunday 11/11...President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Sudanese...by President Mubarak in honour of...said President Mubarak expounded overall...of talks with King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz...departure from ... |
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MUBARAK, SALEH, AL BASHIR , TALABANI HOLD FOUR-WAY SUMMIT TO SUPPORT ARAB ACTION
...held a four way summit Sunday 11/11...President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Sudanese...by President Mubarak in honour of...said President Mubarak expounded overall...of talks with King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz...departure from ... |
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Several Arab states back Egypt's hosting of summit postponed amid anger over...
...Dateline: CAIRO, EgyptArab...s call to hold an Arab summit in late April...President Hosni Mubarak criticized...summit in Cairo within three...Crown Prince Abdullah, the architect...Bahrain's ... |
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