 Official Name:
Arab Republic of Egypt
CAPITAL: Cairo
Location:
Officially the Arab Republic of Egypt a country in northeastern Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea the north, The Red Sea to the; east, to Sudan to the south and Libya to the west. The principal geographic feature of the country is the Nile River.
Language:
The official language is Arabic but English is widely spoken in commerce and government. |
Egypt – History
Around five thousand years ago the ancient Egyptians established an extraordinary and enduring civilization.
Their achievements have captured the imagination of the world ever since.
One of the most astonishing facts about Egypt is how little everyday life changed over the millennia.
Egypt has the richest, oldest and most varied history of any country in the world.
The first settlers were the hunting tribes from North Africa who met with the nomadic tribes of Asiaticorigin and settled in North Africa in 12,000BC.
The greatest civilization ever known to man. the Pharaonic civilization was considered to be by far the greatest civilization of all. |
Overall 30 dynasties existed and were divided into three major periods - Old, Middle and New kingdoms.
The Persian invasion was short-lived when Alexander the Great took over Egypt in 322 BC,and brought the Pharaonic period to an end.
In 306BC, the Ptolemic era, led by Ptolemy saw the development of Egypt as the cultural and intellectual center of the ancient world.
However, the Ptolemaic line ended with the suicide of Cleopatra in 30BC.
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