Country Facts for Egypt

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Egypt

The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood,

coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west,

allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations.

A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C.

and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia.

The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C.,

who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.

It was the Arabs who introduced

Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century

and who ruled for the next six centuries.

A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250

and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517.

Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869,

Egypt became an important world transportation hub,

but also fell heavily into debt.

Ostensibly to protect its investments,

Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882,

but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914.

Partially independent from the UK in 1922,

Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II.

The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971

and the resultant Lake Nasser

have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River

in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt.

A rapidly growing population

(the largest in the Arab world),

limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile

all continue to overtax resources and stress society.

The government has struggled to ready the economy

for the new millennium through economic reform

and massive investment in communications

and physical infrastructure

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