EGYPT

TEN FACTS

• Landmass: 387,000 km^2 (30th)
• Population: 87,500,000 (15th)
• Official language: Arabic
• President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
• Independence from the United Kingdom : 28 February 1922

TEN FACTS CONT.

• Capital and largest city : Cairo
• Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mahlab
• Ancient Egypt created its own religion
• Home of one of the 7 wonders of the world
• Religion: Muslim (90%) Christian (9%)

ANCIENT HISTORY

• Upper and Lower Egypt
• Unified in 3150BC
• The first four dynasties built the pyramids

HISTORY

• Became an international power in 1550 BC
• Dynasties 18-29 expanded Egypt in North Africa
• The dynasties ended with number 30 in 343BC

HISTORY

• Became a Roman Province
• Became a center for trade
• Cleopatra/Antony

HISTORY

• Christianity came in the 1st century
• A lot of persecution
• Became strongly christian in 451AD

HISTORY

• Became Islamic in the 13th century
• Muhammad-Ali started another dynasty
• It ended in 1863

GEOGRAPHY

• The Nile
• The majority of Egypt's landscape is desert
• Alexandria and Cario are the biggest cities

PETROLEUM IS THEIR MAJOR EXPORT

GOVERNORATES

• 27
• Each has a capital
• Split into towns and villages

ISSUES

• Economy
• Agriculture
• Petroleum

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt