Old Cairo (English spelling) Old Cairo

Japanese: Old Cairo(英語表記)OldCairo
Old Cairo (English spelling) Old Cairo

…Misr was a military town on the east bank of the Nile that was first established in Egypt in 642 by Arab conquerors. It is located about 3 km south of present-day Cairo and is called Old Cairo. It prospered as an administrative and military center until the Fatimid dynasty moved the capital to Cairo in 969, but thereafter it continued to exist until the 13th century as a production center for pottery, glass, paper, copper, etc., and as a port city at the mouth of the Nile. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Old Cairo" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…アラブの征服者によって642年に初めてエジプトに築かれた,ナイル東岸の軍営都市(ミスル)。現在のカイロの南約3kmに位置し,〈古カイロOld Cairo〉と呼ばれる。969年のファーティマ朝によるカイロ遷都まで,行政,軍事上の中心として繁栄したが,以後は陶器,ガラス,紙,銅などの生産地として,あるいはナイル川河口の港湾商業都市として13世紀まで存続した。…

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