Egypt - The historical country in the world
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This document provides an overview of Egypt, both ancient and modern. It begins with general information about Egypt such as its flag, capital, language, and location in Northern Africa. It then discusses some of Egypt's geographical features like the Nile River and Sahara Desert. Some of ancient Egypt's major attractions are highlighted, including the pyramids of Giza and the Valley of the Kings. The roles of pharaohs and gods/goddesses in ancient Egyptian culture and religion are briefly described. The document concludes with some notes on modern Egypt, including its current dominant religion of Islam and current president.
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- 1. 3/27/2016
- 2. EGYPT (An Interesting & Historical Country) Speaker: Muhammad Junaid Student ID No. : BME143103 Monday, June 15 3/27/2016
- 3. Overview • General Information •Features •Ancient Egypt •Modern Egypt 3/27/2016
- 4. Egypt In Brief • Flag • Capital: Cairo • Language: Arabic • Religion: Islam • Location: In Northern Africa
- 5. Geographical Features of Egypt • Longest River in World (Nile) • Largest Deseret of World (Sahara Deseret)
- 6. Cairo the capital of Egypt • The largest city in Africa, and the Arab World • Most populated city in the world • Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets” • Associated with Ancient Egypt
- 7. Egypt’s biggest attractions • Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx • Medieval Cairo • Abu Simbel • Valley of the Kings • Luxor Temple • Egyptian Museum in Cairo 3/27/2016
- 8. Ancient Egypt The embodiment, of the characteristics of a successful civilization.
- 10. •Political and Religious leader of Egypt •Owned all of the land •Represented the gods on Earth •Had to father a son to continue the Pharaoh blood line Pharaohs The Powerful Individuals in Egypt
- 11. . Some Famous Egyptian Pharaohs
- 12. King RAMSES II As Exodus • Powerful ruler • Pharaoh believed to be associated with Moses • Kill many children • Now he is!!! 3/27/2016
- 13. Holy Land • Prophets of Allah • Many times in Quran • Incident B/W Moses & Exodus(Pharaoh) 3/27/2016 Moses Rescued from Nile Painting by Arthur James(Wikipedia) A Prophet, King of Egypt??? Yusuf (A.S)
- 14. Cleopatra • Last pharaoh of Egypt • Lover of Mark Anthony • Tried to restore Egypt • Conquered by the Roman Empire • Committed suicide with lover • She poisoned herself with an asp
- 15. Life & Culture • Agriculture • Farming • Fishing • Hieroglyphics • Preparations for death • Mummification 3/27/2016
- 16. Hieroglyphics “Alphabet” 24 “letters” + 700 phonetic symbols •HIEROGLYPHICS: Egyptian writing
- 17. Burial Process(Mummification) Preparations for Underworld • Remove Brain through nostrils • Eyes & internal parts •Fill the body with salt • Bandage •Place the body in Pyramid3/27/2016
- 18. More Advance! • Highly Educated • Mathematics (Geometry) • Agriculture • Engineering • Medical 3/27/2016
- 19. • Built by Pharaoh Ptolemy • Center of knowledge in the old world •Burnt By Julius Caesar Library at Alexandria
- 20. Modern Egypt That’s all changed!!!
- 21. Modernism of Egypt • Changed their ways of life • Islam Changed them • Modernize by Umar-e- Farooq(R.A) • Changed superstitious minds 3/27/2016
- 22. Can You Guess this building??? 3/27/2016
- 24. AL-AZHAR University • Old University in world (970 AD-Present) • Largest Institute in Islamic World • Many Scholars •Imam Gazhali (R.A) 3/27/2016
- 25. Main Events at the land of Egypt • Battle of Pyramid (21 July 1798) • Napoleon Troops defeated Mamluk • World War II (El-Alamenie) 3/27/2016
- 26. What is the current main religion in Egypt? • 80% Muslim • 15% Christian • 5% Others 3/27/2016
- 27. Egypt in 2015!!! •Capital Cairo •Language Arabic •President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi •Area 1,010,407.87 kmsq •Population 88,800,000 •Currency Egyptian Pound 3/27/2016
- 28. Conclusion • Own ways of Ancient Egyptians • More & more Advance • Everything is possible with Hard work • Pride hath a fall • Time never remains same!!! 3/27/2016
- 29. Bibliography (If your interest to know more about Egypt) • https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the- world-factbook/geos/eg.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo • http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/egypt.htm • http://www.woodlands- junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/nile.htm
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