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Egypt: capital

Apartments date back to [[ancient Egypt]] during the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] period in the early 2nd millenium BCE. However, these private residential apartments were usually reserved only for royalty.{{citation|title=Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt|author=[[Jon Manchip White]]|publisher=[[Courier Dover|Courier Dover Publications]]|year=2003|isbn=048642510X|pages=66-7}}

Apartments date back to [[ancient Egypt]] during the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] period in the early 2nd millenium BCE. However, these private residential apartments were usually reserved only for royalty.{{citation|title=Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt|author=[[Jon Manchip White]]|publisher=[[Courier Dover|Courier Dover Publications]]|year=2003|isbn=048642510X|pages=66-7}}

During the medieval [[History of Arab Egypt|Arabic-Islamic period]], the Egyptian city of [[Fustat]] ([[Old Cairo]]) housed many [[high-rise]] residential buildings, some seven stories tall that could reportedly accommodate hundreds of people. In the 10th century CE, [[Al-Muqaddasi]] described them as resembling [[minaret]]s, and stated that the majority of Fustat’s population lived in these multi-storey apartment buildings, each one housing over 200 people.{{citation|title=Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World|first=James E.|last=Lindsay|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|year=2005|isbn=0313322708|page=122}} In the 11th century, [[Nasir Khusraw]] described some of these apartment buildings rising up to fourteen stories, with [[roof garden]]s on the top storey complete with ox-drawn [[water wheel]]s for irrigating them.{{citation|title=Islamic Architecture in Cairo|first=Doris|last=Behrens-Abouseif|year=1992|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|isbn=90 04 09626 4|page=6}}

During the medieval [[History of Arab Egypt|Arabic-Islamic period]], the Egyptian capital of [[Fustat]] ([[Old Cairo]]) housed many [[high-rise]] residential buildings, some seven stories tall that could reportedly accommodate hundreds of people. In the 10th century CE, [[Al-Muqaddasi]] described them as resembling [[minaret]]s, and stated that the majority of Fustat’s population lived in these multi-storey apartment buildings, each one housing over 200 people.{{citation|title=Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World|first=James E.|last=Lindsay|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|year=2005|isbn=0313322708|page=122}} In the 11th century, [[Nasir Khusraw]] described some of these apartment buildings rising up to fourteen stories, with [[roof garden]]s on the top storey complete with ox-drawn [[water wheel]]s for irrigating them.{{citation|title=Islamic Architecture in Cairo|first=Doris|last=Behrens-Abouseif|year=1992|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|isbn=90 04 09626 4|page=6}}

By the 16th century, the current [[Cairo]] also had high-rise apartment buildings, where the two lower floors were for commercial and storage purposes and the multiple stories above them were [[Renting|rented]] out to [[Leasehold estate|tenants]].{{citation|title=Traditional Islamic principles of built environment|first=Hisham|last=Mortada|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2003|isbn=0700717005|page=viii}}

By the 16th century, the current [[Cairo]] also had high-rise apartment buildings, where the two lower floors were for commercial and storage purposes and the multiple stories above them were [[Renting|rented]] out to [[Leasehold estate|tenants]].{{citation|title=Traditional Islamic principles of built environment|first=Hisham|last=Mortada|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2003|isbn=0700717005|page=viii}}

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