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         Do you know which part of the world is known as the cradle of human civilization? Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are places where several civilizations developed independently. Some of the earliest developments in writing, agriculture, urbanization, organized religion and government took place in Egypt. Cairo is the capital of Egypt. The city is the largest city not only of Egypt, but also of the Arab world.

        Cairo has an ancient history. The city was 'Al-Qahira’ by Al-Mu’izz li Din Allah, the fourth Fatimid Caliph in 973. The name meant ‘the victorious’. The Al-Azhar University, the third-oldest university in the world, was founded during this time. Even today, Cairo remains the cultural capital of the Arab world. The city’s premier collection of over 100,000 artefacts from nearly every period of Egyptian history is well preserved in the Egyptian Museum at Maydan Tahrir. The chief source of Cairo’s local economy is tourism. It also depends on manufacturing textiles, food and tobacco products, chemicals, plastics, metals, and automobiles.

         The Tahrir Square, Cairo Tower, the old Cairo and Khan el-Khalili are some of the landmarks that attract tourists.

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