OVERVIEW OF EGYPT INTRODUCTION Nominally independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following WW II. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growingly population (the largest in the Arab world) will continue to stress Egyptian society and overtax resources as the country enters the new millennium. GOEGRAPHY Location Northern …
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…this nation, there are more changes to come for Egypt and its leaders as the new millennium dawns upon its economy and Republic self. WORK SITED Asimov, Isaac. The Egyptians. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Aciman, Andre. Out Of Egypt: A Memoir. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1994. Central Intelligence Agency. The World Fact Book 2000-Egypt. Freiberger, Steven Z. Dawn Over Suez. Chicago: I.R. Dec 1992. Snyder, Louis Leo. The Imperialism Reader. Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, [1962]