By: Kara and AliBy: Kara and Ali

WE ROCK!!!!WE ROCK!!!!

Location- North –Eastern Africa bordered Location- North –Eastern Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea.by the Mediterranean Sea.

Natural Resources- most valuable is Oil, Natural Resources- most valuable is Oil, others include Gold, Manganese, others include Gold, Manganese, Phosphates, Uranium.Phosphates, Uranium.

The Land of Egypt continued… The Land of Egypt continued…

Land Forms- Sahara Desert, Kalahari Land Forms- Sahara Desert, Kalahari Desert, Congo River Basin, Atlas Desert, Congo River Basin, Atlas mountains, Great Rift Valley, Sahel.mountains, Great Rift Valley, Sahel.

Water Systems- Nile River, ground water, Water Systems- Nile River, ground water, deep ground water (deserts).deep ground water (deserts).

Native Wildlife-Native Wildlife- Whales, Dolphins, Whales, Dolphins, Pygmy Gerbil, Porcupine, foxes, Pygmy Gerbil, Porcupine, foxes, Cheetah, Sheep, Gazelles, Crocodile, Cheetah, Sheep, Gazelles, Crocodile, Herons, Cranes, Ibises, Hippopotamus, Herons, Cranes, Ibises, Hippopotamus, Frogs, Lizards, Ducks, Geese, Camels, Frogs, Lizards, Ducks, Geese, Camels, Donkeys, Cattle.Donkeys, Cattle.

Vegetation-Vegetation- Lotus, Papyrus, Wheat, Lotus, Papyrus, Wheat, Barley, Chick Peas.Barley, Chick Peas.

Days in Egypt are commonly warm/hot, the nights are cool. Egypt has only two seasons a mild winter from

November to April and a hot summer from May to October.

Political Leaders-Political Leaders-- Head of State- Hosni MybarakHead of State- Hosni Mybarak- Prime Minister- Ahmad NazifPrime Minister- Ahmad Nazif

- Type of Government- DemocracyType of Government- Democracy- Life Expectancy- Male 69 Female 75Life Expectancy- Male 69 Female 75- Population- 81,713,520Population- 81,713,520

Unification of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. In the Thirds millennium B.C. The Pharaonic age began. Power was centralized in the hands of a god-king. Egypt then became the first organized society.

In the 19th Century Egypt tried to gain political independence from the Ottoman Empire and then from the British. Egypt tried to create an Egyptian Empire that extended to Syria and to remove Egypt form the Turkish control. It was unsuccessful. They then gained independence midway through the next Century.

Egyptian authorities have released the country's best known opposition figure, Ayman Nour, after three years in jail.

The kind of economy…

Type of Industry- Textiles, chemicals (fertilizers, Polymers, petrochemicals) pharmaceuticals, food processing, petroleum, goods.

Greater Cerio, Alexandra, and Helwan are Egypts largest industrial centers. They produce Irons, steels, textiles, refined petroleum products, plastics, building materials, electronics, paper, automobiles, and chemicals.

Major Exports- Natural Gas, Cotton, household, furnishing and clothing, semi-furnished, Iron and steel mill products, other petroleum products, textlie floor covering, non-cotton household furnishings and clothing, aluminum stone, sand, cement, lime, fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides.

Culture…Culture…

Language spoke- Egyptian ArabicLanguage spoke- Egyptian Arabic Religion Practiced- 90% Muslim, 10% Religion Practiced- 90% Muslim, 10%

ChristianChristian Architectural styles- Pyramid, Tombs, Architectural styles- Pyramid, Tombs,

FortressesFortresses Foods- Peas, Beans, cucumbers, Foods- Peas, Beans, cucumbers,

dates, figs, grapes, wheat, barley, dates, figs, grapes, wheat, barley, bread, fish.bread, fish.

• Tourist Attractions- Abu Mena, Abu Simbel, Abydos, The Pyramids

• Historical Sites-Temple of Osiris, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak, Abu Simbel, Catacombs of Kom es-Shouqafa, Valley of the Queens, Valley of the Kings

Cites…Cites…

• http://www.touregypt.net/, 2/17/09

• http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/index.html, 2/17/09

• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107484.html, 2/18/09

• http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/government/, 2/18/09