. A complete geography . tions it cannot be captured and closed in time of war. Cities. — At the head of the delta, just above the point where theNile branches (Fig. 519), is Cairo, the capital and largest city ofEgypt and, in fact, of all Africa. It is about the size of St. Louis,having a population of 570,000. This interesting place is visitedeach year by a stream of tourists, some seeking a winter healthresort, others attracted by the strange life of the country and theremarkable ruins of the old civilization (Figs. 516, 521, and 521). Cairo itself contains the palace of the Khedive, severa
. A complete geography . tions it cannot be captured and closed in time of war. Cities. — At the head of the delta, just above the point where theNile branches (Fig. 519), is Cairo, the capital and largest city ofEgypt and, in fact, of all Africa. It is about the size of St. Louis,having a population of 570,000. This interesting place is visitedeach year by a stream of tourists, some seeking a winter healthresort, others attracted by the strange life of the country and theremarkable ruins of the old civilization (Figs. 516, 521, and 521). Cairo itself contains the palace of the Khedive, several interestingmosques, and a museum in which are preserved many Egyptian antiqui-ties and works of art. The inhabitants also attract attention, for in thestreets may be seen many people with different languages and peculiarcustoms. The differences among the people may be illustrated by thefollowing fact: there are three Sabbaths each week, Friday, the Sabbath2l Fig. Arab school in the streets of Cairo. 514 AFRICA. Fig. costume of -vYomen in Algeria. of the Moliammedans, Saturday, observed by the Jews, and Sunday, bythe Christians. Alexandria, connected with Cairo by rail (Fig. 519) is the sea-port of Egypt and the second city in size in the country. The chife business is the export of cotton,sugar, grain, and other Egyptianproducts, and the importation ofmanufactured goods. More thanhalf the trade is with Great Barbary States. — Findthe position of each of these fourcountries. Each borders the Me-diterranean, but extends southwardinto the desert (p. 506.) The Atlas Mountains skirt theMediterranean coast from the At-lantic to Tunis, where their pro-jection into the Mediterranean forms the most northerly point inAfrica. These mountains contain many valuable mineral products,including precious metalsin Morocco and Algeria,and marble and alabasterin the latter mineral resources,however, have been butslightly developed. Since the Atlas Mo
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