Egypt Population
The population of the Nile valley took on the characteristics of a human coagulation along the river when there was an accentuation of the aridity responsible for the current desertification of northern Africa. In...
The population of the Nile valley took on the characteristics of a human coagulation along the river when there was an accentuation of the aridity responsible for the current desertification of northern Africa. In...
ECONOMY: GENERAL INFORMATION Based for millennia on agriculture, according to thereligionfaqs, Egypt experienced, in the nineteenth century, during the British colonial period and during the subsequent monarchy which lasted until 1953, a not negligible...
ECONOMY: INDUSTRY AND MINERAL RESOURCES The industry, although it has developed in recent decades, still has rather fragile structures, showing particularly serious shortcomings in the basic sectors; it is also heavily concentrated in the...
PREHISTORY Among the most ancient traces of human presence in the Egyptian territory there are artifacts considered preacheulean in the surroundings of Thebes and coarse trihedral artifacts, generically referable to a lower Acheulean, found...
After the First World War the nationalist currents – decided supporters of independence – led Great Britain to recognize the sovereignty of Egypt in 1922; King Fu’ād I was proclaimed and relations with Great...
Sadāt was succeeded by vice-president Ḥosnī Mubārak, designated by Parliament and later confirmed by popular referendum. In domestic politics, the new president continued in the direction taken by his predecessor, albeit in a climate...
CULTURE: TRADITIONS Crucible of many ancient cultures, according to philosophynearby, Egypt has received from Islam (or Islam) a decisive imprint, which affects every aspect of social life. The fasting month of ramaḍā’n retains great...
From the century X at the end of the eighteenth century Egypt provided numerous poets and storytellers to Arabic literature. An undisputed glory of Egypt is ʽOmar ibn al-Fāriḍ (1182-1235), one of the greatest...
CULTURE: CINEMA According to payhelpcenter, Egyptian cinema is the most important and prolific in the Arab world, tracing its history back to 1927-28, when the first genuinely national films (Leila, Zeinab) were produced. It...
In the presidential election from May 26 to 28, 2014, in addition to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who had previously resigned his office, only the left-wing opposition candidate Hamdin Sabahi (* 1954) stood and the...