We looked at a powerpoint about modern Egypt today. Egypts economy is based on mostly tourism. They have oil, natural gas, and manufacturing. Agriculture is a part of the economy. 3% of their land is arable land.
They grow cotton, corn, rice, wheat, and fava beans. In 1970 they built a dam to control the water of the Nile. 79 million people are in Eypt ( the biggest in Middle East. Third largest in Africa.). the Largest city in Egypt is Cairo with 6.7 million people. The official language is Arabic ( English, French, and German) The religion is 90% Muslim, most of the rest are Christian ( Coptic). 1922- end of protectorate with the United Kingdom. 1953- Egypt declared a Republic. 1964- 1970- ruled by Gamal Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal forms allegiance with Soviet Union. 1970 -1981- Ruled by Anwar Sadat switches allegiance to the U.S. Sadat was assassinated in 1981. 1981- 2011- ruled by Hosni Mumbarak kept alliance with U.S. He was accused of corruption, political persecution, human rights violations. He was driven from office following mass demonstrations last month. Egypt currently ruled by military junta, but democratic elections scheduled for September 2011. Muammar Gaddafi is the leader of Libya and has been in power since 1969.
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