{"product_id":"2026200015285-secondhand-great-cairo-mother-of-the-world","title":"Great Cairo: Mother Of The World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew cities on Earth carry the weight of history as magnificently as Cairo — a metropolis so vast and ancient that its own people named it the Mother of the World. In Great Cairo: Mother of the World, Desmond Stewart presents a sweeping portrait of one of history's most layered cities, tracing its origins from the Pharaonic settlements of Memphis and Heliopolis through the Arab conquest, the Fatimid and Mamluk dynasties, and into the turbulent currents of the modern age, all against a backdrop of the mighty Nile and the enduring silhouette of the pyramids.\n\nStewart, a scholar and long-time resident of the Middle East, writes with the intimacy of an insider and the precision of a historian, illuminating Cairo's labyrinthine streets, its towering minarets, its bustling bazaars, and the extraordinary confluence of cultures that have shaped its identity over millennia. His prose is rich and evocative, drawing on deep knowledge of Islamic civilization, Egyptian culture, and the complex interplay between East and West. For anyone who has walked its ancient alleyways — or dared only to dream of doing so — this authoritative chronicle raises an irresistible question: how much of the world's story began here, in the shadow of this eternal city?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203206488283,"sku":"2026200015285-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/920fa5c3-b0a9-4029-b0c3-4c5e09b0ef66.png?v=1788145705","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015285-secondhand-great-cairo-mother-of-the-world","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}