History of Egypt

The first section of the reading discussed ancient African civilizations. Of these, Egypt is the most prominent topic. This country’s rich history “stands alone among ancient African civilizations as being indicative of the early development of large-scale governments” (Khaypoya, 2012, p. 69). This empire ruled for approximately 2000 years, going through three distinct phases of kingdoms. The Old Kingdom merged the lifestyle of many different regions into one central government. It was…

This river is located in Egypt and it flows north of the Mediterranean Sea. This river contributed to the civilization of the Egyptian society, and it was considered to be their source of life. The civilization of the Egyptians began when people started to live near the banks of the river. Egypt also has many myths about this river, and they are told in the stories of Osiris, Isis, and Set who determined how…

The internet has occupied every aspect of our life such as; home, work, school, university, business, and so on. Human use internet to communicate and send information easier and faster. We do our daily activities through the internet like; sharing files and information, exchanging data and lots of other activities which are useful and beneficial in many terms. In fact, there are lots of websites on the internet to solve the primary need of human. Each of those separately does various tasks and…

part of Egypt from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt until the 21st century. In periods of foreign occupation, Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires. In more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom (1882-1956). Israel invaded and occupied Sinai during the Suez Crisis of 1956, which led to the six day war of 1967. On 6th of October 1973, Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War to retake the Peninsula, then the Isreal-Egypt…

The Six day war of 1967 was unquestionably one of the most awesome things to happen in modern history. The events of the rapid war are still studied today in military academy’s world wide. The war even took on spiritual dimension for the nation of Israel, who had mostly secular motivations until that point. However, what is perhaps the most interesting is the political and strategic choices and consequences of the war. The dynamics of power in the Middle East were forever changed by a few simple…

ALAA ALASWANY'S THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING: A NEW HISTORICIST READING Mona A. M. Ahmed In his novel, The Yacoubian Building, Alaa Alaswany presents an accurate image of Modern Egypt; he masterfully depicts the social, political and economic conditions of the Egyptian society during the last few decades that preceded the publication of this successful literary work. The purpose of the present paper is to attempt a reading of…

Ibn Battuta: The Man Who Walked Across the World (Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, India, China) 2015, 180 min. In English with English subtitles. Producer: Tim Mackintosh – Smith, BBC. Distributor: BBC. Ibn Battuta: The Man Who Walked Across the World is a pilgrimage to the old Islamic World, where Mackintosh – Smith follows the steps of Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveller and Islamic law scholar who travelled across Africa, Mecca, Middle East, Turkey, India and China in a journey of 75 thousand miles…

it take for one person to affect the lives of 7 billion people? Through the right combination of personality, opportunity, and an extreme amount of effort, a true leader can change the world, whether directly or indirectly. The current President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, started off as a student in Egypt’s national military school. After graduation, he worked his way through the ranks of the military, eventually becoming Commander of The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), which is…

Between Altruistic and Autocratic: Hassan al-Banna’s Muslim Brotherhood In response to the unconquered British occupation in Egypt, Hassan al-Banna called to arms the Muslim community with the establishment of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928. Having witnessed his people being exploited while stationed as an Arabic teacher along the Suez Canal, al-Banna’s anti-Western sentiment grew to such a passion that his ideology was able to reach the thousands of individuals discontented with the form…

and beginning of the 20th century marked a hectic time period in world history. Europe was the cultural capital of the world, and ideologies such as nationalism and secularism were driving scientific evolution and social norms. However, the Muslim community at this time was experiencing an identity crisis, and was a civilization in transition. The once great Ottoman Empire was crumbling from internal and external pressure, Egypt experienced a brief stint of independence under Muhammad Ali…