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Guide to Islamic Cairo (Egypt)

Islamic Cairo is a unique location: it is the only place in the world where you can see architectural remains of nearly every great Islamic Empire. In this Approach Guide, we review these architectural gems (chiefly mosques and madrasas) chronologically by empire.

For each Islamic empire that controlled Cairo, we review its history, its key illustrative monuments, the defining characteristics of its architectural style (including its influences), and the contribution it made to the overall Islamic architectural legacy. In order to provide a deeper understanding to those just beginning to examine Islamic architecture, we have included our primer on the basic elements of Islamic architecture in general at the end of this eBook (If you have had no prior exposure to Islamic architecture, you might consider reading this first). For ease of reference and comprehensibility, the guide adheres to a bullet-point format.

We hope you enjoy what we believe is a totally unique cultural guide to some of the best Islamic sites in Cairo and wish you a wonder-filled cultural experience!

PUBLISHER’S NOTE
One of the benefits of eBooks is that we can easily update content and release new editions of our guidebooks. These updates are FREE for existing customers.

ABOUT APPROACH GUIDES
Approach Guides are cultural travel guidebooks that take an in-depth look at key sites and draw connections among their history, art, and architecture.

PRAISE FOR APPROACH GUIDES
Compulsive (and compulsively informed) travelers, the Raezers are the masterminds behind the downloadable Approach Guides, which are filled with a university course-worth of history and insights for 62 destinations worldwide. WHY WE LOVE IT: The Raezers share our desire for deep, well-researched information on the wonders of the world.
Travel + Leisure

What started as one couple’s travel notes aimed at filling in the gaps in guidebooks has become ApproachGuides.com, a menu of downloadable travel guides that cover cultural and historical topics of interest to thoughtful travelers. What’s hot: Bite-sized travel guides that specialize in topics ranging from 29 pages on the foods of Italy to one that helps you explore the historical and architectural significance of Angkor’s famous temple structures in Cambodia.
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Approach Guides encompass the whole cultural experience of a place, whether it is Ancient Buddhist Caves in India and China, Islamic Cairo, Ancient Mediterranean Mosaics, or a Guide to the Regional Foods of Italy. Each guide delves into the subject, truly exploring it (and making you want to GO THERE NOW). Perfect for the thinking traveler, Approach Guides are one of the best travel guides I’ve ever found.
Wandering EducatorsIslamic Cairo is a unique location: it is the only place in the world where you can see architectural remains of nearly every great Islamic Empire. In this Approach Guide, we review these architectural gems (chiefly mosques and madrasas) chronologically by empire.

For each Islamic empire that controlled Cairo, we review its history, its key illustrative monuments, the defining characteristics of its architectural style (including its influences), and the contribution it made to the overall Islamic architectural legacy. In order to provide a deeper understanding to those just beginning to examine Islamic architecture, we have included our primer on the basic elements of Islamic architecture in general at the end of this eBook (If you have had no prior exposure to Islamic architecture, you might consider reading this first). For ease of reference and comprehensibility, the guide adheres to a bullet-point format.

We hope you enjoy what we believe is a totally unique cultural guide to some of the best Islamic sites in Cairo and wish you a wonder-filled cultural experience!

PUBLISHER’S NOTE
One of the benefits of eBooks is that we can easily update content and release new editions of our guidebooks. These updates are FREE for existing customers.

ABOUT APPROACH GUIDES
Approach Guides are cultural travel guidebooks that take an in-depth look at key sites and draw connections among their history, art, and architecture.

PRAISE FOR APPROACH GUIDES
Compulsive (and compulsively informed) travelers, the Raezers are the masterminds behind the downloadable Approach Guides, which are filled with a university course-worth of history and insights for 62 destinations worldwide. WHY WE LOVE IT: The Raezers share our desire for deep, well-researched information on the wonders of the world.
Travel + Leisure

What started as one couple’s travel notes aimed at filling in the gaps in guidebooks has become ApproachGuides.com, a menu of downloadable travel guides that cover cultural and historical topics of interest to thoughtful travelers. What’s hot: Bite-sized travel guides that specialize in topics ranging from 29 pages on the foods of Italy to one that helps you explore the historical and architectural significance of Angkor’s famous temple structures in Cambodia.
LA Times

Approach Guides encompass the whole cultural experience of a place, whether it is Ancient Buddhist Caves in India and China, Islamic Cairo, Ancient Mediterranean Mosaics, or a Guide to the Regional Foods of Italy. Each guide delves into the subject, truly exploring it (and making you want to GO THERE NOW). Perfect for the thinking traveler, Approach Guides are one of the best travel guides I’ve ever found.
Wandering Educators

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The guide described by The New York Times as “indispensable,” newly researched and completely rewritten for 2011, fills a vital niche for expatriates and Cairenes alike who need a helping hand to organize–and enjoy–the challenges of a sojourn in Cairo. The basics of daily life–finding a flat, transporting personal goods, investigating school options for children, navigating Egypt’s famous bureaucracy, and the intricacies of feeding and clothing oneself and one’s family from the local market–are all detailed here. Advice gathered from a wide range of Cairo insiders, both native and foreign, gives the reader a cornucopia of current facts on prices, neighborhoods, product availability, work and business opportunities, and the dizzying range of cultural and leisure pursuits that Cairo is famous for.
Cairo: The Practical Guide, now in its seventh edition, is the key to deciphering the complexities of living, working, and enjoying life in one of the world’s most exciting and dauntingly complex mega-cities.

Cairo: The Practical Guide

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This easy-to-use format and clear, uncluttered cartographic style make finding where you want to go a pleasure. Each page overlaps with adjoining pages–no more lost streets while turning the page! Indexes are provided for street names and places of interest, while symbols highlight notable landmarks and useful locations. All this information is packed into a slim booklet of 48 pages–handy enough to take anywhere. 6 x 8

CAIRO PRACTICAL GUIDE MAP 2001 ED

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The guide described by the New York Times as “indispensable,” revised and updated for 2001, fills a vital niche for expatriates and Cairenes alike who need a helping hand to organize and enjoy the challenges of a sojourn in Cairo. The format addresses the needs of the independently minded tourists as well as residents by inclusion of an A to Z directory of goods, services, and interests subdivided by neighborhood; a language section of the basic Cairene Arabic, details on shopping and sightseeing and a separate map booklet. 6 x 8

CAIRO PRACTICAL GUIDE 2001

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This guide includes a section detailing Cairo’s history, eight features covering aspects of the country’s life and culture, ranging from the Tentmaker’s Bazaar to the treasures of Tutankhamun, a region by region visitor’s guide to the sights and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. It also contains hundreds of top-notch photographs and 15 maps.

Cairo Insight Guide

The World of the Pharaohs: A Complete Guide to Ancient Egypt

For anyone intrigued by the mysteries of the ancient land of the pyramids, this is a record of civilization along the Nile and an account of the growth of Egyptian archaeology from its beginnings. Through the work of pioneer archaeologists – from Flinders Petrie at Amarna and Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings, to Geoffrey Martin at Saqqara – all aspects of Egypt’s rich culture are examined, including tombs, temples and pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies. A gazetteer of sites to visit is provided, along with lists of pharoahs and a comparative chronology.

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Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on DVD-ROM has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Egypt, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country. This disc provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over one hundred thousand pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format! Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command. This incredible and comprehensive series on the countries of the world contains material from the State Department, Department of Defense, White House, and cabinet agencies including Agriculture, Energy, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. There is complete information about geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. In addition to the nation-specific material, as a bonus we have included a huge collection of reports and documents about every country on the globe, with 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities identified by the Central Intelligence Agency. We have full reproductions of the CIA Factbook through the latest edition, with archival versions dating back to 2000. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable “world encyclopedia” reference book. From the Library of Congress, we reproduce an outstanding set of “country studies” covering subjects such as geography, society, economy, transportation and communications, government and politics, and national security. Supplemental material accompanying the Country Profiles includes photographs, tables, charts, graphs, and maps. Representative subheadings for Geography include Physical Environment, Topography, Climate, and Environmental Issues; subheadings for Society sections include Historical Setting, specific Historical periods, Society and its Environment, Geography, Population, Language, Structure of Society, Ethnic Groups, Religion and Culture, Rural Life, Migration, Urban Life, Architecture, The Arts, Education, and Social Dynamics; and subheadings for Economy sections include Growth and Structure, Role of Government, Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure, and Foreign Economic Relations. From the State Department, we reproduce important regional affairs material, covering Africa, East Asia, Pacific, Europe, Eurasia, Near East, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere. There is information on country offices, chiefs of mission, diplomats, and foreign embassies in America. This incredible DVD-ROM is packed with over 170,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software – allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents – they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable – everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This DVD-ROM disc is for use in a computer DVD drive. The files can be accessed from the File E

2006 Country Profile and Guide to Egypt: National Travel Guidebook and Handbook

Illustrated Guide to the Egyptian Museum

An immense reservoir of art history, Cairo’s Museum of Egyptian Antiquities contains fabulous collections of relics from the Mediterranean’s most mysterious and ancient civilization, the true cradle of western culture. From the creation of the first state on the banks of the Nile to its submission to the Roman empire, the millennial story of ancient Egypt is recounted here through the artistic masterpieces, the everyday objects, the spectacular jewels, and the magnificent remains from the tombs of the pharaohs, all remarkably assembled within the walls of a single institution.

Structured as a guide, but fully illustrated with superb color photographs, this book suggests a simple but comprehensive itinerary through the museum, subdividing the tour into chapters devoted to the most important episodes in Egyptian history. Collected during the course of over a century of archaeological excavations, jewelry, tools, toys, models, religious objects, mummies, and monumental sculptures offer vivid glimpses of a formidable civilization. The rich funerary cache of Tutankhamun, the treasures of Tanis, and the jewels of Queen Ahhotep reflect the glory of the Egyptian monarchy, but there are insights too into the day-to-day lives of the more humble sections of society. Previously unpublished photographs and plans alongside texts prepared by the museum curators themselves help readers to penetrate the corridors and halls of the great museum in search of a heritage unique in its richness and variety, following in the footsteps of the great figures in Egyptian history: from the pharaohs, suspended between heaven and earth, to the archaeologists who, with their patient excavations, have helped to shed new light on the land of the pyramids.

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Ancient Egypt: A Guide to Egypt in the Time of the Pharoahs (Sightseers)

Take a boat trip down the crocodile-infested Nile, travel by donkey to the pyramids at Giza, and hire a palanquin to complete the tour in style. This historical travel guide is packed with fascinating facts and colorful illustrations offering kids a unique and enjoyable way to look at Ancient Egypt, its people, places and customs. Looking under headings such as “Accommodation” reveals that a comfortable night’s sleep in Thebes may be hard to find since beds were made with ropes or leather straps. “Top attractions” include the recently constructed temples at Karnak and Luxor, and “Getting around” includes tips on the safest ways to travel. Kids will be amused to discover why fashionable folk pin cones of perfumed fat to their heads, how “sniffer baboons” patrol the markets for thieves, and how to avoid being roped into service in the harvest season. A fold-out map at the end of the book helps kids locate all the sites mentioned, and a “tourist quiz” lets young Egyptologists test themselves on the essential information they need to know before they go!

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The Ancient Egypt Guide

Originally published as the Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt, William Murnane’s highly-acclaimed book has been fully revised and updated by Professor Aidan Dodson. This new edition will bring Murnane’s engaging yet rigorous learning to a new audience, complete with a chapter on the wonderful medieval architecture of Cairo, and extensive practical information.

The book combines up-to-date guidebook information with a compact yet wide-ranging cultural history. It contains:
* A complete background to Ancient Egypt, including its people and institutions
* Descriptions of the sites, all fully cross-referenced to the text
* Itineraries of the most significant Pharaonic remains, Christian sites and Islamic monuments around Cairo * Detailed surveys of major monuments and accessible sites off the beaten track
* Over 200 area maps, plans and photographs
* Practical information for transportation, food, lodging and local customs

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