Egypt:
 Its ancient history, where it is today, and how their people live

Egypt is a large country, bordered by Libya, Israel, Mediterranean Sea, and Sudan.  Its ancient history is amazing.  Back then, Pharaohs ruled most of Egypt.  The agriculture was great, despite what you may think due to being mostly desert.  Thanks to the Nile, and its annual flooding, there was plenty of food and crops for those that lived near to survive.  Egypt was a world power in ancient history.  It had all it needed, whether it was food or work.  The pharos were of royal family, only those who were of bloodline or had married into the family could rule Egypt.  Siblings were married, but that was not really important.  One thing I would like to bring up, was the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, whom after her husband died, cross-dressed as him, and almost no-one knew she was not her husband.
The Egyptians invented hieroglyphics, which was a picture-form of writing.  The civilization started around 5,000 years ago, in the Nile River Valley in Northeast Africa; their civilization prospered for 2,000 years.  Their success is only rivaled by the Mesopotamian and Greek civilizations.
The Egyptians were most famous, and will be remembered for, their crown achievements: the pyramids.  These wonderful works of architecture were built as burial spots for their previous pharaohs.  Unfortunately, they enslaved the Jewish people to construct these pyramids.
In the seventh century, Muslims introduced Islam and Arabic language to the country.  Muslim rulers chosen by the Islamic Caliphate stayed in control of Egypt for six centuries.
After the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became a world transportation hub; but, the country fell into great debt.  So they could protect its investments in the country, the British consumed Egypt in 1882.  On June 19, 1953, Egypt was declared an independent republic.
Egypt’s culture is varied throughout the country.  The capital of Egypt, Cairo, is the largest city in Africa and is known to have many learning facilities, different cultures and great trading.  Popular religions in Egypt include Christianity and Muslim.  From Arab people to visitors all the way from the US, there are many different types of people in Egypt.  It has a large media and arts industry, having over 30 satellite channels and over 100 movies produced there each year.  Egypt is also the only Arab country with an opera house.
Many Egyptians consider themselves “Arab.”  Egypt has the second-largest populace in Africa.  Even though there is almost no rain in Egypt, because of the annual flooding of the Nile, there is plenty to eat.  But, because of the dams on the Nile, the flooding is not-so-annual, due to the fact that the dam prevents flooding.
Today, Egypt has a “multi-party semi-presidential system,” in which the power is divided between the prime minister and the president; one guy has been the president 24 years!  This is Mohamed Mubarak.  He was elected to office after the last president was assassinated.  Mohamed surprised everyone in late February of 2005, by revising the presidential election law; this made it so that the elections could be watched closer, and that there were multi-candidate polls.