It is important to note that the Mamluks never controlled all of the territory in modern-day Egypt or modern-day Syria. However, the Mamluks controlled Cairo and Damascus by the beginning of the 13th century.
Major cities in Egypt are Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Shubra El-Kheima, Port Said, Suez, El-Mahalla El-Kubra and Luxor.
She never did. Cairo did not exhist in Cleo's time.
The main transportation hubs of African civilizations included key cities such as Timbuktu, Cairo, and Zanzibar. Timbuktu served as a crucial center for trade across the Sahara, connecting North Africa with Sub-Saharan regions. Cairo was vital for trade and cultural exchanges between Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, while Zanzibar emerged as a central hub for the spice trade and maritime routes in the Indian Ocean. These cities facilitated the movement of goods, ideas, and cultures across the continent.
The capital of ancient Egypt was Thebes. It is now Cairo, just in case you want to know.
Baghdad, Cairo, and Damascus
Baghdad, Cairo, and Damascus
Baghdad, Cairo, and Damascus developed in strategic locations due to factors like proximity to trade routes, fertile land for agriculture, and access to water sources such as rivers (Tigris-Euphrates for Baghdad, Nile for Cairo, and Barada River for Damascus). These cities became important cultural, political, and economic centers in their respective regions as a result of their advantageous geographic positioning.
Baghdad, Cairo, and Damascus
Examples: Mecca, Madina, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad & Cairo.
There are about 75 independent Muslim states. There are many cities in each Muslim country. Anyhow, Mecca (makka), Madina Munawara, Ta'if, Riyadh, Karachi, Islamabad, Dhaka, Lahore, Cairo, Damascus, Tripoli, Baghdad, Kabul, etc are some cities of the Muslims.
Nearly every major Islamic holy city (with the exception of Moulay Idriss) has come under Ottoman control. (This includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, Damascus, Cairo, Baghdad, An-Najaf (Shiites), Karbala (Shiites), etc.) The two you are probably looking for are Mecca and Medina.
the major cities of the ottoman empire were: Istanbul, Cairo, Haleb (Aleppo), Buda, Bursa, Baghdad etc...
"Golden Age" is undefined. I would consider the golden age of the Muslim Civ to be the Abbasids c. AD 800. If that's true the answer is Baghdad. The center of the Muslim Civ originally was Mecca (630-661) and then Damascus (661-750).
Someone going from Mecca to Cairo and Mecca to Baghdad would both go up the Saudi coastline, but after coming to the Wadi Arabah (along the Jordanian-Israeli Border) the merchant to Cairo would begin to go west to cross through Israel and the Sinai Peninsula and the merchant to Baghdad would go northeast to Damascus and then down the Euphrates River Valley.
is Cairo southeast or southwest of Damascus
These cities developed in strategic locations due to factors such as access to water sources for agriculture and trade, proximity to major trade routes connecting different regions, and favorable geographical conditions that provided natural defenses against invasions. Additionally, their locations made them important cultural and economic hubs, attracting people from various backgrounds and contributing to their growth and significance over time.