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    city of Cairo, Egypt, had many gates in its history as its city walls were built, rebuilt, and expanded in different periods. Only three gates are fully-preserved...
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    Islamic Cairo (Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized: Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit. 'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Cairo (القاهرة التاريخية...
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    capacity of 3.2 million passengers with 27 check-in counters and 7 gates with a common gate and single security concept, the first in Cairo. It is designed...
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    باب النصر, lit. 'Gate of Victory'), is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The gate's construction is...
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    Cairo (/ˈkaɪroʊ/ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized: al-Qāhirah, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [el.qɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ] ) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo...
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    on Bab Zuweila, one of the gates of Cairo. Hulagu withdrew from the Levant with the bulk of his army, leaving his forces west of the Euphrates with only...
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    War of the Second Coalition: Egypt and Syria 800km 500miles 6 5 Jaffa 4 Cairo 3 Alexandria 2 Malta 1    The Revolt of Cairo was a revolt that occurred...
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    Bab al-Futuh (category Gates of Cairo)
     'Conquest Gate') is one of three remaining gates in the city wall of the old city of Cairo, Egypt. It is located at the northern end of al-Mu'izz Street...
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    Bab Zuweila (redirect from Zuwayla Gate)
    is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali. The gate was built...
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    written descriptions, however. Several surviving tombs, mosques, gates and walls, mainly in Cairo, retain original elements, although they have been extensively...
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    Cairo (/ˈkɛəroʊ/ KAIR-oh, sometimes /ˈkeɪroʊ/ KAY-roh) is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County. A river city, Cairo...
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    Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين, romanized: Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt...
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    Zulfiqar (category Life of Muhammad)
    Drawing of Fatimid version of Zulfiqar in the 10th-century; the earliest visual depiction in history, as carved on Bab al-Nasr, one of the gates of Cairo. Flag...
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  • system that would fulfill Bill Gates's vision of "information at your fingertips." Cairo never shipped, although portions of its technologies have since...
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  • 1073 – Saint Barbara Church in Coptic Cairo restored. 1085 – Juyushi Mosque built. 1092 – City wall and Gates of Cairo built (including Bab Zuweila and Bab...
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    in Cairo Gezira Roda Island Rivers in Cairo Nile World Heritage Sites in Cairo Islamic Cairo Coptic Cairo Downtown Cairo Islamic Cairo Old Cairo Azbakeya...
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    Jajce gates, three gates of the old town of Vratnik in Sarajevo Croatia: gates in Walls of Dubrovnik, gates of Diocletian's Palace in Split, gate of Old...
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    Yuri Gagarin (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class)
    Order of the Nile and the golden keys to the gates of Cairo. On 22 October 1963, Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova were honoured with the Order of Karl...
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    during the reign of al-Mu'izz, they conquered Egypt, and in 973, the caliphate was moved to the newly founded Fatimid capital of Cairo. Egypt became the...
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  • 1517 Safed attacks (category History of Safed)
    blow following the dissemination of unfounded reports that the Ottoman sultan had met defeat at the gates of Cairo." David 1988, p. 90 Schur 1983, p...
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    Al-Hasan al-A'sam (category Generals of the medieval Islamic world)
    invaded Egypt itself twice, in 971 and 974, before being defeated at the gates of Cairo and driven back. Al-A'sam continued fighting against the Fatimids, now...
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  • Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة الجديدة el-Qāhera el-Gedīda) is a satellite city within the metropolitan area of Cairo, Egypt. Administratively, it is part of...
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  • Iron Gate, or Iron Gates may refer to: Gates of Alexander, iron gates built by Alexander the Great Iron Gates (Algeria), a pass through the Bibans mountains...
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  • invasions of Egypt in 971 and again, despite al-Mu'izz's efforts to win him over, in 974. Both invasions were beaten back at the gates of Cairo, forcing...
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    The Cairo Metro (Arabic: مترو أنفاق القاهرة, romanized: Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق  pronounced [ˈmetɾo lʔænˈfæːʔ])...
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  • be a good lover. When Fuwaad learns that the shop keeper has another gate in Cairo that will allow people to travel into the past, he attempts to travel...
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    the site of a Roman-era fortress, the Christian settlement of Coptic Cairo, and the Muslim-era settlements pre-dating the founding of Cairo proper in...
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    The City of the Dead, or Cairo Necropolis, also referred to as the Qarafa (Arabic: القرافة, romanized: al-Qarafa; locally pronounced as al-'arafa), is...
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    in Giza, where he was finally captured and hanged at the gate of Cairo. The Ottoman fleet of Selman Reis was already stationed in the Red Sea by 1517...
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    portal History of the Jews in Egypt Synagogues in Cairo List of synagogues in Egypt Raafat, Samir (September 2, 1999). "Gates of Heaven". Cairo Times. "Synagogues:...
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