2. Alexander
the Great
The earliest recorded Egyptian dynasty united the kingdoms of
the upper and lower Egypt around 300 B.C.
In 525 B.C. , Egypt came under the control of the Persians.
Alexander the great conquest Egypt in 332 B.C.
Muhammad Ali successfully governed and reformed Egypt .
Egypt has been in two wars that evolved Israel in 1956 and
1967, and then lost the Sinal Peninsula in 1967
3. Egypt covers an area of 386,662 square miles
Egypt is larger than the states of Texas and New
Mexico put together.
Most of Egypt is dry and arid desert
Summers are hot and humid reaching 108 degrees
The winters the temperature is moderate with the lows
of 40 degrees.
4. About 90% of all the Egyptians are Sunni Muslims
Muslims accept and revere all major Judeo-Christian prophets
from Adam to Jesus, by claim Muhammad as the last and
greatest prophet.
Muslims are obliged to pray five times daily , away facing
Makah, Saudi Arabia
Egypt has a population of 77.5 million people
Cairo the capital of Egypt has between 16-20 million
inhabitants.
Arabic is the official language even though English is also part
of the national curriculum.
Islamic
symbol An Islamic person kneeling
5. Month of Ramadan, Muslims go without food or drink
from sunrise to sun down and then eat only in the early
morning and evening.
Eid al-fitr is 3 days feast held at the and of Ramadan.
Eid al-Adha(feast of the sacrifice, it commemorates
Abrahams willingness to sacrifice his son .
Muhammad's birthday
Labor Day(May 1st)
Anniversary of Kev. (July 23)
Armed forces day (Oct. 6)
Sham El-Nasseem(beginning of spring)
6. Traditionally marriages were arranged between heads
of families.
Both families help prepare the wedding
housing is expensive so if the couple don’t have
enough money they have to wait to get married.
Weddings are lavish and costly, lasting up to 3 days.
One of the critical can women make is to choose her
future husband.
7. Egyptians prepare elaborate and expensive meals when
they have guests.
Sometimes a person will not eat all his or her food to
show a symbol of abundance
When they eat they will sit on the floor on a carpet, and
when they go out to eat they will sit around a low
wooden table.
Egyptians eat wit there finger on the right hand.
Most important to the Egyptian people is the bead loaf.
One of their main dishes is the foul.
8. has a republican form of government since 1952.
President designates a prime minister and a council of
ministers.
Parliament is for five years(has 222 constituencies).
Has a dominant party
Women are and can be elected to the Egyptian parliament.
9. 1. 2011 November - Violence in Cairo's Tahrir square as security forces clash
with protesters accusing the military of trying to keep their grip on power.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf resigns in response to the unrest. Start of
parliamentary elections.
2. 2012 April - Crisis in relations with Saudi Arabia over the Saudi detention
of an Egyptian lawyer briefly threatens the substantial aid that the Saudis
provide Egypt.
3. 2012 May - Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi tops the
first round of voting in first free presidential elections, narrowly ahead of
Mubarak-era prime minister Ahmed Shafiq. Official media put turnout at a
low 43%.
4. 2012 June - Court sentences ex-President Mubarak to life in prison for
complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising. The
acquittal of four senior interior ministry officials sparks anger.
10. 1. 969 - Cairo established as capital.
2. 1517 - Egypt absorbed into the Turkish Ottoman empire.
3. 1952 January - At least 20 people are killed in anti-British riots
in Cairo.
4. 1953 June - Egypt is declared a Republic by Najib
5. 1973 October - Egypt and Syria go to war with Israel during
Israel's celebration of Yom Kippur to reclaim the land they lost
in 1967. Egypt begins negotiations for the return of Sinai after
the war.
6. 1979 March - The peace treaty between Egypt and Israel is
signed. Egypt is then condemned by other Arab nations and
excluded from the Arab League
11. 7.1981 6 October - Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated by Jihad members.
A National Referendum approves Hosni Mubarak as the new
president
8.1997 - 58 tourists are killed by gunmen in front of the Temple of
Hatshepsut near Luxor. It is alleged that Egypt's Islamic Group
(al-jama'ah al'islamiyah) is responsible.
9.2004 October - Bomb attacks target Israeli tourists on Sinai
peninsula; 34 people are killed.
10. 2005 February-April - Pro-reform and opposition activists mount
anti-government demonstrations.
12. •Hoodfar, Homa.”Marriage and politics.”2001.<http://www.The
Culture of Egypt.com. (June 1 2012)-- I got information on the
life of an Egyptian when in process of getting married.
•Ibrahim, saa eddin.”Egypt, Islam, and
democracy.”2006.<http://www.the democratic government in
egypt.com (June 1 2012)--I got information about the democracy
of the Egyptian culture.
•“Egyptian profile”. Timeline. June 5
2012.<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13315719—
from here I got a basic idea of a time line for my timeline about
the events going on in the mid-east.
