Kairo - englisch kurz-
Kairo
Kairo was founded in 969 and became the economic and cultural life center. Though it has not been the capital city since the beginning, Kairo became the capital city about 1000 years ago. Before Kairo, Alexandria was the capital city of egypt.
Kairo is the biggest city in africa and has about 15 millions inhabitants.
Kairo's sights
Kairos museum
The Egyptian museum in Cairo was established by the Egyptian government in 1835. The museum exhibits collections about 120000 objects.
For example the museum accomodates the wellknown mask of "Tut Ench Amun".
Khan El Khalili
Khan El Khalili is the biggest bazaar around where you are able to buy nearly everything you need.
The inner city
If you like to visit the elder part of the city, you'll find many old mosques and many shacks where you can buy "Kuscherie" , handmade jewelry or other things like textiles, vegetables, fruits, etc.
Kuscherie: is the typical Egyptian food. It's made out of lenses, rice, noodles, peas, onion and something like ketchup.
Vocabulary:
to exhibit - ausstellen onion - Zwiebel
capital city - Hauptstadt inhabitants - Einwohner
economic - wirtschaftlich shacks - Buden
peas - Erbsen accomodate - beherbergen
by Richard Anderl
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