Countries in our WORLD EGYPT in our world Ali Brownlie Bojang
Introducing Egypt Egypt boasts one of the oldest civilizations in the world dating back more than 5,000 years Modern Egypt is an exciting mix of traditional and modern cultures of rich and poor and of city and countryside It is a major player in the politics and trade of both Africa and the Middle East IT STARTED HERE Early Civilization Egyptian civilization contributed the first organized government to the world Ancient Egyptians also developed methods of irrigation to help grow their crops and they used the earliest known alphabet Where in the World Egypt is one of only three countries in the world the others are Turkey and Russia that lie on two continents It is situated in northeast Africa and on the Sinai Peninsula which is part of Asia Although clearly an African country the Middle Eastern influence is strong in Egypt As well as its land borders Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the north and by the Red Sea in the east 쑽 Egypt has land borders with the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast Sudan to the south and Libya to the west NN Mediterranean Sea WW EE SS GAZA STRIP ISRAEL Nile Delta Port Said Suez Canal Subra al-Haymah SINAI PENINSULA Mount Mount Catherine Catherine KeyKey Capital city Capital city Other cities Other cities Mountain Mountain WEST BANK JORDAN An Ancient Civilization One of the world’s earliest civilizations grew up on the banks of the Nile River in Egypt The river gave the ancient Egyptians water to grow their crops and the surrounding desert provided protection against attack from other peoples For 3,000 years Egyptian culture flourished Egyptians built huge pyramids sphinxes and statues as tombs and monuments to their rulers called pharaohs Alexandria Cairo Giza r e v i R e l i N WESTERN DESERT LIBYA EGYPT Sharm el-Sheikh Dahab SAUDI ARABIA Hurghada Red Sea Luxor Aswan Lake Nasser 00 00 milesmiles 200200 kilometers kilometers 200200 SUDAN 4
Influences and Occupations Beginning in 341 BC Egypt was ruled by a series of invaders from Persia now Iran Greece and Rome In the seventh century the Arabs came to Egypt and introduced the Islamic religion and the Arabic language The Arabs ruled Egypt for the next 600 years until the Turks conquered them in 1517 and took control of Egypt INTRODUCING EGYPT IT’S A FACT The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still standing It is 482 feet 147 m tall and was the tallest monument in the world until the nineteenth century 쑽 In the desert outside Cairo stand the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza remains of the ancient Egyptian civilization
