People have lived in the area around Cairo for thousands of years. In ad 641 the Arabs who brought Islam to Egypt built a military camp nearby. It became a wealthy port city. In 969 Egypt’s rulers at the time established a new city nearby. It was later named Cairo.

In the 1200s Cairo became the capital of a large Muslim empire. The city thrived as a center of trade and Islamic learning and culture.…

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