{"id":1574,"date":"2022-07-13T14:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.northwestern.edu\/cairo\/?page_id=1574"},"modified":"2023-09-01T18:34:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:34:38","slug":"chapter1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/chapter1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>On the Banks of the Nile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mena-course-blocks-section-or-task\"><h2 class=\"section-task-header\" content-type=\"Section\"> OVERVIEW<\/h2><div class=\"section-task-content\"><p class=\"english-text\">We cannot understand Cairo without a brief look at Egypt. This chapter will provide ample background information about Egypt\u2019s unique geographical space, about the long and influential history of Egypt, and the importance of the Nile for Egypt\u2019s (and Cairo\u2019s) development, even today. Working through this chapter will make Cairo more readable for you.<\/p><p class=\"foreign-text\" lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0645\u0643\u0646\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u0646 \u0646\u0641\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0647\u0631\u0629 \u0628\u062f\u0648\u0646 \u0646\u0638\u0631\u0629 \u0633\u0631\u064a\u0639\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0635\u0631. \u0633\u064a\u0648\u0641\u0631 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0635\u0644 \u0645\u0639\u0644\u0648\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0641\u0631\u0629 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0627\u062d\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u063a\u0631\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0644\u0645\u0635\u0631 \u060c \u062d\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0648\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u062b\u0631 \u0644\u0645\u0635\u0631 \u060c \u0648\u0623\u0647\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064a\u0644 \u0644\u062a\u0646\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0635\u0631 (\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0647\u0631\u0629) \u060c \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0645. \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u062e\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0635\u0644 \u0633\u064a\u062c\u0639\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0647\u0631\u0629 \u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631 \u0642\u0627\u0628\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>ACTFL PROFICIENCY BENCHMARKS&nbsp;<br><\/strong>What I can do after working through the chapter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>describe where a country is situated with regard to other countries and bodies of water;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>describe the various regions in a country and the people who live there;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>understand and present key facts about the history of a country;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>understand a table with historical periods and dates;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>explain the importance of water for the development of a region or country;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>talk\/write about the plight of the families who have made the river Nile in Cairo their home.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1018413798-nile-cairo-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2843 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1018413798-nile-cairo-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1018413798-nile-cairo-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1018413798-nile-cairo-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1018413798-nile-cairo-2-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1018413798-nile-cairo-2.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Banks of the Nile ACTFL PROFICIENCY BENCHMARKS&nbsp;What I can do after working through the chapter: I can &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3256,"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574\/revisions\/3256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-cairo.madstudio.northwestern.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}