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Egypt is a country in the northeastern corner of Africa, linking Asia with the rest
of Africa. Egypt is influential in three worlds. ...
In Egypt, 99% of the total inhabitants live in or around the Nile River Valley. If it
wasn’t for the Nile, Egypt would be a total desert. ... Of Egypt’s 38,559 square mils, only 9,761 are arable.
Egypt has four district regions: the Western and Southern deserts, the Nile Valley, the Eastern Arabian Desert and the Sinai. ...
Egypt has a warm, dry climate. ...
Agriculture has always been the source of Egypt’s economy of which has been dependant on the Nile River. ... This stored water so parts of Egypt had perennial irrigation and could then produce up to three crops on a single piece of land.
The British had ruled Egypt until the end of World War One. ... In this time the dam controlled the entire irrigation systems of Egypt. After World War One, an organization was committed to changing Egypt from an agricultural country to a more industrialized nation and reducing its financial dependence from Europe. ...
During the early republic in the 1950’s, Egypt’s military regime wanted to accelerate the economic growth and diversification of the country. ... He sought to make Egypt attractive to companies in Europe, North America and the oil rich Middle East. The contemporary economy began in the 1970’s when Egypt’s agricultural imports exceeded its agricultural exports in value. Today, the main crops cultivated in Egypt are cotton, wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, clover, sugarcane and some vegetables and fruits.
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