Sadat

Sadat City

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July 8th 2009
This is one of the satellite cities of Cairo, and lies halfway along the Alexandria-Cairo Desert Highway. It really is a desert highway, running through the easternmost part of the Sahara the Egyptians call the Western Desert, just outside the lush Delta region. Either side of the road is sand, apart from the modern shopping complexes like Carrefour and Dandy Mega-Mall and the produce orchards f ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more