Egypt Geography

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One third of the world's history comes from Egypt. Egypt is one of the well known countries in the world, it has always been known as the “land of pharaohs” but it has much more than just a great history, the countries culture, geography, traditions and history attracts millions of tourists every year that come to the country hoping to experience the mesmerizing scenery and get a taste of its culture. This essay will talk about Egypt's location and geography, culture and government, and the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Egypt is located in North Africa and southwest Asia connecting the two continents together. It has an area of 385,229 square miles and a population close to 98 million. Egypt's geographical features make it a great agricultural land …show more content…

Egypt has had several presidents in the past few years but the country is now under the rule of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Egypt's Legal system is strictly based on the Islamic, Civil law and judicial review by the Supreme Court, which accepts compulsory international court of justice jurisdiction only with reservations. Egyptian culture, Ancient Egypt maintained a strikingly unique, complex and stable culture that influenced the modern day Europe. Islam is the main religion practice in Egypt along with Christianity where only nine% of the population follows along with that Egypt has a strict and unique form of how etiquette and customs must be followed. Secondly, Egypt has a broad exciting history in fact that is what it's known for, it posses one of the Seven Wonders of the World the great pyramids of Giza. Built 4000 years ago on the Giza plateau at the edge of the Sahara Desert, where Egypt was one of the wealthiest most powerful civilizations in the whole wide world. This man made structure is one of the most magnificent monument ever made, in fact without history would be left unsolved. The Great Pyramids shows us how strong and how the king had a unique role in ancient Egyptian society. The pyramids were built as a resting place or a royal tomb for the kings Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure and their wives. In addition, scientist till this day wonder how the great pyramids were built since at …show more content…

Some of the other great advantages that seems to attract the whole world Egypt broad and fascinating history, helpful and smiling people all around you and best of all the delicious foods that the country has like shawerma, kebab, baklava and more delicious food that would leave you speechless. But like everything in the universe Egypt also has its disadvantages which include excess traffic, crowded places and many more. But these disadvantages wouldn't stop anyone to experience Egypt's unique mesmerizing effect that it has on the tourists and the people living in it. Egypt is one of the countries that has a great impact on the world even on the united states some impacts include Without Egypt Suez canal the prices of foods, smart phone, tablet basically most of the things that are imported in would increase by 22% and even though Egypt doesn't have a lot of oil and gas but a lot of the oil and gas that comes from other countries comes through the canal or through pipelines across Egypt. In addition, Egypt provides a strong defence system to most of the countries in the Arab world. Unfortunately Egypt isn't a self sufficient country its need