Short history of Egypt?

Question

I need to talk about the history of Egypt in just a couple of minutes (impossible, I know). But since Egypt is so ancient, their history is so long so I don't know where to start.

Can anyone give out important 'keywords'?

Answer 1

@ e a: precise and concise :O)

Answer 2

The history of Egypt starts with the Pharaonic period. It lasted 3000 years and it is BC. It begins with the unification of the north and the south about 5000 years ago, it ends with the arrival of Alexander the great to Egypt in 332BC.

The Pharaonic period is divided roughly speaking into 3 Kingdoms. Each one is marked with something different. The Old Kingdom was marked by building pyramids, they are tombs of Kings or Queens. The Middle Kingdom was marked by good Kings who tried to help the Egyptian peasant by ordering irrigation projects. The New Kingdom was marked by military conquests and building the Egyptian Empire.

After that comes the Greek period of 300 years then the Roman period of about 600 years.

In the seventh century many Egyptian became moslems after the expulsion of the Romans and Egypt became part of the Islamic state.

Later Egypt was separated from it.

The perfect and strategic location of Egypt made many powers want to have some kind of influence which brought and attracted them to the area.

Answer 3

I always feel that the front page of Wikipedia is fair enough to know the history "in brief" of any country

try this link , the history partation , and i am sure that this would be what you are looking for

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt

Brief but full

Enjoy

Answer 4

Just visit

http://www.memphistours.net

Answer 5

short history of Egypt

The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allows for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified Kingdom of Egypt arises circa 3200 BC and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. Egypt is conquered by Persia in 525 BC, that rules Egypt until 404 BC, when it regains independence. Persia recaptures Egypt in 343, but in 332 BC Egypt is incorporated into Macedon.

After the division of the Macedon Empire in 310 BC, Egypt becomes the basis of the Ptolemaic Empire. Egypt is incorporated into the Roman Empire in 51 BC as a protectorate in which the Ptolemaics remain in office. When the Roman Empire is divided in 395, Egypt becomes part of the East Roman Empire.

From 636 Egypt is conquered by the Caliphate, but it becomes an independent Arab state in 878. It are the Arabs who introduce islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who rule for the next six centuries.

Since 969 Egypt is ruled by the Fatimides who establish the Caliphate of Cairo. This caliphate controls large parts of the middle east and is ruled by the Ebujides from 1181 A local military caste, the Mamluks takes control about 1250. In 1517 the Caliphate becomes part of the Ottoman Empire incorporates and annexes the caliphate in 1517. The Mamluks dynasty continues to govern after the conquest. Between 1798 and 1801 Egypt is occupied by France and from 1801 until 1806 by Britain. In 1806 Egypt becomes de facto independent. It is restyled the Khediviate of Egypt in 1841, but remains under Ottoman suzerainty.

In 1882 Britain occupies the country and though it still remains under Ottoman suzerainity, de facto it becomes a British colony. In 1914 Britain eliminates the Ottoman suzerainity and Egypt becomes a sultanate under British protectorate, named Egyptian Sultanate and renamed Kingdom of Egypt in 1922. The Kingdom of Egypt is officialy independent, but British supervision remains until 1946.

Egypt has a parliamentary government, though real power is held by the king. The main political party is the al Wafdu al Misrî (Egyptian Delegation, Wafd). Its leader, Saad Zaghlul Pasha, becomes prime minister in 1924, when Wafd had won the parliamentary elections. After his death in 1927 he is succeeded by Mustafa an-Nahas Pasha. King Fuad sacks Nahas Pasha in 1931 and suspends the constitution of 1923. After elections in 1936 Wafd is returned to power, but after tensions between the party and the new king Faruk, Nahas Pasha is dismissed again. Britain forces the king in 1942 to re-appoint Nahas Pasha as prime minister (until 1944). In 1950 Wafd wins the parliamentary elections, bringing Nahas Pasha to the premiership again and the party is becoming increasingly anti-British. The king dismisses the Wafd government in 1952, following riots in Cairo.

That year the army stages a coup and in 1953 the monarchy is abolished. Egypt is renamed Republic of Egypt and Ali Muhammad Nagib becomes president. In 1954 Gamal Abd al Nasir (better known as Nasser) makes himself dictator and establishes a one-party state under the National Union. Egypt merges with Syria in 1958 into the United Arab Republic. The United Arab Republic remains a dictatorship and when the government dissolves the Syrian regional executive, Syria secedes from the United Arab Republic and establishes the Syrian Arab Republic. The Egyptian part keeps the name United Arab Republic until 1971. When Nasser dies in 1970, he is succeeded by Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat. He renames the country in 1969 Arab Republic of Egypt. Sadat rules Egypt as a one-party state under the Arab Socialist Union. He is assasinated in 1981 and is succeeded by Muhammad Husni Mubarak. Mubarak reorganizes the Arab Socialist Union into the Hizb al Dimuqratiyah al Wataniyah (National Democratic Party, HDW) and allows a controlled multi-party system in a democratic facade, in which he and his party win all elections.