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2 giorni fa · Egypt, country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East and was the site of one of the world’s earliest urban and literate societies.
- World War I and Independence
Egypt - WWI, Independence, Revolution: In November 1914...
- Daily Life and Social Customs
Egypt - Culture, Religion, Cuisine: The population density...
- Return to Authoritarianism
Egypt - Autocracy, Revolution, Repression: Sisi’s ascent to...
- World War II and Its Aftermath
Egypt - WWII, Aftermath, Revolution: Although Egypt provided...
- Renewed European Intervention, 1879–82
Egypt - European Intervention, Colonization, Revolt:...
- Trade
Egypt - Trade, Nile, Deserts: The value of imports into...
- Political Process
Egypt - Politics, Constitution, Elections: After 1962 all...
- Demographic Trends
Egypt - Population, Migration, Urbanization: Most of Egypt’s...
- World War I and Independence
1 lug 2024 · Ancient Egypt was a civilization in northeastern Africa that dates from the 4th millennium BCE. Its many achievements, preserved in its art and monuments, hold a fascination that continues to grow as archaeological finds expose its secrets.
- Egyptian kings are commonly called pharaohs, following the usage of the Bible. The term pharaoh is derived from the Egyptian per ʿaa (“great estate...
- The two basic types of writing in ancient Egypt were hieroglyphs, which were used for monuments and display, and the cursive form known as hieratic...
- Snefru was the first king of ancient Egypt of the 4th dynasty (c. 2575–c. 2465 BCE). He probably built the step pyramid of Maydūm and then modified...
- Menes was the legendary first king of unified Egypt. According to tradition, he joined Upper and Lower Egypt in a single centralized monarchy and e...
- The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
5 giorni fa · Egypt - Ancient, Coptic, Bedouin: The population of the Nile valley and delta, which are home to the overwhelming majority of Egyptians, forms a fairly homogeneous group whose dominant physical characteristics are the result of the admixture of the indigenous African population with those of Arab ancestry.
1 lug 2024 · Egypt - Population, Migration, Urbanization: Most of Egypt’s people live along the banks of the Nile River, and more than two-fifths of the population lives in urban areas.
11 giu 2024 · Cleopatra (born 70/69 bce —died August 30 bce, Alexandria) was an Egyptian queen, famous in history and drama as the lover of Julius Caesar and later as the wife of Mark Antony.
- Joyce Tyldesley
- While queen of Egypt (51–30 BCE), Cleopatra actively influenced Roman politics at a crucial period and was especially known for her relationships w...
- When her father, Ptolemy XII, died in 51 BCE, Cleopatra and her brother, Ptolemy XIII, coruled until she was forced to flee, about 50 BCE. Aided by...
- Cleopatra was charismatic and intelligent, and she used both qualities to further Egypt's political aims. She was also ruthless, reportedly killing...
- With the arrival of the conquering Octavian (the future Roman emperor Augustus), Cleopatra’s husband, Mark Antony, committed suicide under the fals...
11 giu 2024 · Cleopatra - Queen, Egypt, Pharaoh: The vast majority of Egypt’s many hundreds of queens, although famed throughout their own land, were more or less unknown in the outside world. As the dynastic age ended and the hieroglyphic script was lost, the queens’ stories were forgotten and their monuments buried under Egypt’s sands.
2 giorni fa · Egypt, insulated for centuries by the Mamluk and Ottoman sultanates, was no longer immune from European influence; it had become an object of the contending policies of France and Britain, a part of the Eastern Question.
