Great Cairo - Mother of the World

Great Cairo - Mother of the World

Hardback (29 May 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This text comprises a new edition of a history of Cairo. It takes the reader through 55 centuries of urban life from its beginnings in Memphis, the first capital of ancient Egypt and up to and including the fortunes of present-day Cairo. It surveys the vicissitudes of the city, its times of glory and its times of misery, its leaders and its tyrants.

Book information

ISBN: 9789774244094
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press
Pub date:
Number of pages: 220
Weight: 440g
Height: 230mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 18mm