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Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 424
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Cairo has for centuries been the home of Oriental magnificence and despotism, and still, though fallen from its high estate, it ranks as one of the most typical and picturesque—as well as the wickedest — of Mohammedan cities, while its mingling of Oriental luxury and laissez faire with Occidental bustle and commercial activity, give it a curiously cosmopolitan character. Its manifold aspects of commerce, history, art, and social life are described from intimate acquaintance by Mr. Reynolds-Ball, who tells not only of the city itself, but of its environs and approaches, and who describes the wonderful vista of the Nile from Cairo to the second cataract.
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 424
Book Description
Cairo has for centuries been the home of Oriental magnificence and despotism, and still, though fallen from its high estate, it ranks as one of the most typical and picturesque—as well as the wickedest — of Mohammedan cities, while its mingling of Oriental luxury and laissez faire with Occidental bustle and commercial activity, give it a curiously cosmopolitan character. Its manifold aspects of commerce, history, art, and social life are described from intimate acquaintance by Mr. Reynolds-Ball, who tells not only of the city itself, but of its environs and approaches, and who describes the wonderful vista of the Nile from Cairo to the second cataract.
Author: Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781330043141 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 394
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Excerpt from The City of the Caliphs: A Popular Study of Cairo and Its Environs and the Nile and Its Antiquities If a plebiscite were taken among travellers in general as to the dozen most interesting and striking cities of the globe, it is probable that Cairo would be included in the list. It is inferior in world-wide interest, of course, to Jerusalem or Rome, or even Athens, but it would probably take a higher rank than many historic capitals. No doubt Cairo, compared with the great capitals of Europe, is modern, or, at any rate, mediaeval, and, indeed, historically of little importance; but it cannot be denied that to the average traveller Cairo is not easily dissociated from Egypt, - the cradle of the oldest civilisation and culture in the world. The proximity of the Pyramids and the Sphinx have no doubt something to do with this vague and erroneous view, and with the fictitious antiquity ignorantly attributed to the City of the Caliphs. The most elementary history, handbook or guide-book will, of course, correct this general impression ; but it is not, perhaps, an exaggeration to say that some casual visitors to Egypt begin their sightseeing with a vague, if unformulated, impression that Cairo was once the capital of the Pharaohs, and the Pyramids its cemetery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780332297835 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 394
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Excerpt from The City of the Caliphs: A Popular Study of Cairo and Its Environs and the Nile and Its Antiquities Cairo is full of these picturesque associations connected with the magnificent age of the Mameluke Sultans, but most visitors know little about them. Probably this is mainly attributable to the fact that most of the books on Egypt rather ignore its capital; and the age of the Sara cens is a period as much overlooked by modern historians as that of the Ptolemies. There are, of course, the standard guide-books, a most skilful condensation of a mass of erudition, - but the compilers find the Upper Nile, with its antiquities, of such surpassing interest, that little room can be found for Cairo itself. Besides, guide-books are read of necessity, and not for pleasure or continuously; and in the wealth Of dry detail it is difficult sometimes to see the wood for the trees. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball