Aswan in Egypt

Aswan in Egypt

Aswan

Located Aswan south of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and is bounded on the north Qena province, and east of the Red Sea Governorate, and bounded on the west province of New Valley, and to the south of the Republic of Sudan at latitude 22 north of the equator. The town of Aswan provincial capital on the eastern shore of the Nile where the part of the plain next to the Nile, and the other on the hills that form the desert plateau east, rising city of Aswan about 85 meters above sea level, which is about 879 km from Cairo and covers an area of ​​maintaining 34,608 km 2.

Aswan climate is hot summers mild winters, and is dominated by continental climate characteristics; since accommodate differences maximum and minimum temperatures during the twenty-four-hour summer or winter.

  Showed the importance of this region in era Athalkadima; to secure the southern border, was a center for assembling armies when he tried to kings of the Middle Kingdom to extend their power to the south.

- Played a special role during the Egyptian Jihad for the expulsion of the Hyksos.

- In the Ptolemaic era gained Island "elephants" - home to the worship of the god Isis - a lot of interest then complete the great temple.

- In the era of the Romans was created temples ancient Egyptian-style to get closer to the Egyptians, he established the emperor Trajan a small temple on the island of Philae.

- When she came Christianity became the official religion in the fifth century AD, and Egyptian temples turned into churches, and the island of Philae place for a dioceses, and Christianity spread south into Nubia.

- Then came Islam since the start of its spread;, where they found the Kufic things dating back to the early first century AH.

- Aswan flourished in the Islamic era was in the tenth century AD route to (Aizab) on the Red Sea coast; where ships go to the Hijaz, Yemen and India.

- Was an important cultural center in the sixth and seventh century AH, and was three schools oldest school Aswan, school Asifih, and stellar school in Aswan.

- Muhammad Ali established the first military school in Egypt 1837.