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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, (ˈiː.ʒɪpt (help·info), Egyptian: Kemet; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Kīmi; Arabic: مصر‎ Miṣr; Egyptian Arabic: Máṣr) is a country in North Africa. The Sinai Peninsula is part of northeastern Egypt, which also forms a land bridge to Asia. Covering an area of about 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,660 sq mi), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south and the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east. The northern coast borders the Mediterranean Sea; the eastern coast borders the Red Sea.

Trivia about egypt

  • The final word in Genesis is the name of this country
  • The latest "Bartlett's" lists quotes chronologically; the first quotes come from this country
  • The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids
  • Lake Timsah,Lake Nasser
  • This country gave the Luxor Obelisk to France, who put it in the Place de la Concorde
  • In the 15th century B.C. Hatshepsut ruled this country as regent for her nephew Thutmose
  • Damietta,Suez,Gharbiya
  • Made of beans & eggs, ful medames has been eaten in this country perhaps since the time of the pharaohs
  • The rulers of this country weren't known as pharaohs until the 1500s B.C.
  • The scarab, lotus flower & Isis knot were all designs used in this country's jewelry
  • God guided the Israelites out of this country with a pillar of cloud by day & of fire by night
  • In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty
  • From 1867 to 1914 this African country was ruled by a Turkish viceroy called a khedive
  • Founder of the 12th dynasty, Amenemhet I, was busy reorganizing this country & moving the capital
  • Norman Mailer's novel "Ancient Evenings" is set in this ancient country
  • As recorded in the Ebers Papyrus, dentistry as part of medicine began in this civilization around 3700 B.C.
  • Nearly 99% of the people in this most populous Arab country are compressed into some 4% of the land
  • Cotton is an important crop along the Nile River Valley in Sudan & this country
  • Israel & Libya
  • Order of the Nile
  • What's considered the finest cotton in the world is grown in & named for this country
  • Viewers of my show, "Reading Rainbow", got all wrapped up in Aliki's book about "Mummies Made in" this country
  • After all I've done for my people, now they want to stone me & go back to this country
  • The longest reigning monarch in history may be this country's Neferkare, said to have ruled for over 90 years
  • Amenhotep III, who ruled this country for 37 years, was nicknamed "The Magnificent"
  • According to the Bible, thousands of frogs, perhaps millions, plagued this country
  • From June 1953 to November 1954 Mohammad Naguib & Gamal Abdel Nasser shared power in this country
  • Tho this country was given independence in 1922 under King Fuad I, British troops remained
  • In 1517 the Ottoman Turks took this country & put a pasha in power; today a Mubarak rules
  • Its people called it "kemet", color of black, from land after flooding by Nile
  • About 1/5 of all Arabs live in this country
  • Its history stretches back more than 5,000 years
  • In 1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of this country became the first African secretary-general of the U.N.
  • "Child of the Morning" is the story of Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled this country as a pharaoh
  • Gypsies are called gypsies in the mistaken belief that they came from this African country
  • After a 16-year war, a treaty was signed with this country & its king, Ramses II, married a Hittite princess
  • In 1899 Sudan came under a condominium, not an apartment but joint rule by this neighbor & Britain
  • Abu Muharrik Dunes,Al-Ajmah Mountains,Sinai Peninsula
  • It's what the ancient Greek historian Herodotus called "the gift of the Nile"
  • In 1798, in this African country, Napoleon said, "Soldiers...forty centuries look down upon you"
  • Menoufia University,Zagazig University,Alexandria University
  • In Africa:President Hosni Mubarak
  • Construction of the Aswan High Dam, which holds back Lake Nasser in this country, cost $1 billion
  • Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez
  • Omar Sharif &Boutros Boutros-Ghali
  • The colossal figures seen here are found in this country:
  • The Suez Canal divides the Asian & African portions of this country
  • Tefnut, a goddess of this civilization, was called "the spitter"; she sent rain
  • Despite a famine, God told Isaac to "go not down unto" this land of the Pharaohs but to stay put in Gerar
  • 1st,15th,Ptolemaic
  • The Great Sphinx
  • What might be the earliest example of a phonetic alphabet was found in this African country in December 1999
  • Egypt, Iraq,Saudi Arabia
  • Menkaure is our cry! He will crush the Sinai! Ra! Ra! Ra!
  • In 601 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar failed to conquer this country when his army & that of Pharaoh Neco fought to a draw
  • Hatshepsut, who ruled this country 1503-1482 B.C., claimed to be the daughter of the god Amon
  • Rock pigeons were domesticated in this kingdom around 3000 B.C.
  • Damietta,Gharbiya,Aswan
  • Anwar Sadat was a leader of this country
  • The Order of the Nile
  • Isaiah 18 consists of prophecies against Ethiopia; Isaiah 19, of prophecies against this other African country
  • In 1936, at the age of 16, Farouk succeeded his father King Fuad I as king of this country
  • Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty
  • A thorn in Pres. Mubarak's side, Saad Eddin Ibrahim was cleared of defaming this country on retrial in 2003
  • From Menes to the Ptolemys, this country had more kings than any other in ancient history
  • This country's 28th dynasty had just one ruler: Amyrtaeus
  • The Nubians live along the Nile in the southern part of this country
  • Norman Mailer's "Ancient Evenings" is set in this country between the reigns of Ramses II & Ramses IX
  • Jabal Katrinah, this country's highest point, rises 8,668 feet over the Sinai Peninsula
  • The Mau is a breed of cat that originated in this country, where it was revered by the Pharaohs
  • Zagazig, Memphis,Aswan
  • Around 950 B.C., a Libyan military officer seized this neighboring kingdom & ruled it as Pharaoh Sheshonk I
  • Port Said in this African country was established when work on the Suez Canal began
  • Turan Shah, this African country's sultan, demanded 1 million bezants & the city of Damietta to ransom Louis IX
  • 1952:Infant king Fu'ad II
  • Sand on the floor of the Virgin Islands' St. Thomas Synagogue commemorates the Israelites' escape from this country
  • A fountain at Hearst Castle boasts several sculptures of Sekhmet, a lion-headed goddess of this civilization
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew keeps the shirt on his back at the International Butler Academy, the Netherlands.) The long staple or the long fiber of the cotton produced in this African country is the reason why the International Butler Academy considers it the best
  • After conquering this African country around 1650 B.C. the Hyksos introduced horses & chariots
  • Nekhbet the vulture goddess protected the upper part of this country; Buto the cobra goddess got the lower
  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as this nation's minister of state for foreign affairs from 1977-1991
  • Egypt,Libya,Algeria
  • Amen to Ammon, the ram-headed ruler of heaven for this ancient civilization
  • It's the only African country with port ciites on both the Red Sea & the Mediterranean
  • Omar Sharif starred in the 1999 IMAX film "The Mysteries of" this country
  • Egypt,Ecuador,El Salvador
  • In ancient times in this country, you might greet your mummy with "ak em hotep"
  • "All Should Love, Awe And Cherish Thee, Gracious Is Thy Nile To Humanity"
  • An ancient goddess of this civilization, Mut was depicted with a vulture's head
  • President Mubarak
  • Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country
  • Ethiopia,Sudan,Egypt
  • A 1952 military coup forced the abdication of Farouk I, the last king of this African country
  • Psamtik I expelled the Assyrians from this country & founded its 26th dynasty
  • The "Lords of Two Lands" trilogy leads up to the story of Ahmose, who founded this civilization's 18th dynasty
  • On 3/21/99 Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones landed in this country as the first hot-air balloonists to circle the Earth
  • Shorthaired cats were derived from the caffre cat, which was domesticated by this ancient civilization
  • This country has a Coptic Christmas, an Islamic new year & a Sinai Liberation Day
  • In 2010 Akhenaton returned to this African country; actually it was just his big toe, which had been removed in 1968
  • Around 1171 Saladin became sultan of this state that was larger than Syria
  • If sometimes you feel like a "nut", check out Nut, a goddess of this ancient civilization
  • Pasha Muhammad Ali
  • Of the 5 distinct dialects of this country's Coptic language, Bohairic is used in the Coptic Church
  • In 1958 Syria joined this country in forming the United Arab Republic; the union disbanded 3 years later
  • This North African country's cobra was used by its rulers as a symbol of authority
  • Turkey,Iran,Egypt
  • This country shook off the Ottomans in 1882 & the British in 1952
  • In 1250 the Mamelukes, originally slaves, seized control of this African country & ruled until 1517
  • In Genesis 46:34, every shepherd is an abomination unto this kingdom that was known as Kemet
  • Alexandria
  • Siwa,Luxor,Al Fayyum
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projected slide of a painting.) The traveling basket tells us the subject is "Rest on the Flight into" this country
  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali
  • Defeated in his quest to rule Rome, Mark Antony committed suicide in this country in 30 B.C.
  • In the 700s B.C., the Kingdom of Kush conquered this neighbor to the north, establishing its 25th dynasty
  • Naguib Mahfouz, the first Arabic-language Nobel literature laureate, is from this country
  • Former first lady Jehan Sadat called her moving memoir "A Woman of" this country
  • Founder of its first dynasty, Menes wore a double crown as the first ruler of Upper & Lower this
  • In 15th century Europe the Gypsies claimed to be from "Little" this country
  • The greyhound originated more than 5,000 years ago in this African country, where it was used to hunt gazelles
  • Gerbillos pyramidom is a species whose common name includes the name of this country
  • Boutros Ghali, the first native-born prime minister of this country, was assassinated in February