Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to enlighten the reader on the implications and consequences of a war between Egypt and Ethiopia and its impact on the region and the fight against terrorism. In June 2006, Egyptian politicians proposed a series of hostile acts against Ethiopia due to Ethiopia's dam construction project on the Blue Nile during a televised political meeting (Stack, 2013). This menace to Ethiopia threatens to tear apart the unstable political stability of the Nile River Basin countries.
Thesis: Egypt's threat of military intervention in Ethiopian, if it continues with hydroelectric dams on the Nile river, is an indirect threat to the US political strategy in the Horn of Africa.
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Explain the reason for the Nile Wars and how the Egyptian and Ethiopian culture contribute to this issue. Discuss demographics, education, financial [in]stability, etc.
The Nile, once again, is at the center of political and economical tension between Ethiopia and Egypt. Both countries have a long history of rivalry which started long before the African colonization efforts by Great Britain, France, and Italy. Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs, considers the Nile theirs to use and decide how other countries utilize this resource. On the other hand, Ethiopia is also another great civilization long regarded as the
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The new project is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) with a forecasted production of 5250 Megawatts of electricity per year when completed in 2017 (Admin, 2011). This marked the start of the largest hydroelectric project in Africa and the answer to Ethiopia's chronic power shortage. Ethiopia's increased population and development projects have resulted in ever increasing demands for water. On the other hand, Egypt's need for water also increases day by day and regards “water security as a matter of life or death” (Stack,
Any study on Modern Egyptian history naturally begins with Nasser, Egypt’s first President after the Free Officers revolution in 1952. Nasser was the foremost proponent of pan-Arabism, an ideology that called for close ties between the Arab states, presumably under the leadership of Egypt, one of the most powerful states in the Middle East at the time. Compared to other states in the Arab World, Nasser’s Egypt was stable, militarily powerful, and independent of foreign influence. From this position of re...
Egypt has one of the longest histories of any nation in the world. Written history of Egypt dates back to about 5,000 years, the commencement of civilization. While there is divergence in relation to Early Egyptian times, it is said that Egypt came to be around 3200 B.C., during the reign of a king by the name of Menes and unified the northern and southern cities of Egypt into one government. In 1675 B.C., Egypt was invaded by the Hyksos, people from the east, bringing along the very first of chariots and horses ever to come across Egyptian soil. Approximately 175 years later in 1500 B.C., the Egyptians had gotten rid of the Hyksos and driven them out. In 1375 B.C., Amenhotep IV had become the king of Egypt. During his reign he eliminated the worship of Egyptian gods and initiated the idea of only worshipping one god. But after his death, his ideas were retired and old ways were reestablished. Egyptian supremacy then started to decline around 1000 B.C. Between 1000 B.C. and 332 B.C., Egypt was ruled by many such as the Libyans, Assyrians, Ethiopians, and Persians. In 640, Muslims conquered Egypt and founded the city of Cairo in 969 and deemed it as the capital of Egypt. For many centuries Egypt was ruled by Muslim caliphs. A prominent ruler of this period was Saladin, who battled the Christian Crusaders at the conclusion of the twelfth century. In 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt but was then forced to withdraw in 1801 Turkish and British armed forces. In 1805 Mohamed Ali began ruling Egypt till 1848 and great changed the country in terms of modernization and its military. During Mohamed’s conquest, he borrowed a lot of money from the French and British, which later resulted in Egypt’s coloniza...
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In July 1952, the Egyptian government, headed by King Farouk, was overthrown in a bloodless coup led by the Free Officers, soon to be known as the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). The revolution was ostensibly led by Muhammad Naguib but it was clear that he was a mere figurehead and in a little over two years, Gamal Abdel Nasser would assume the Presidency. Although the goals of the RCC were somewhat unclear at the start, Nasser would embark on a policy of creating an independent Egypt free from internal and external domination. It was the latter goal that would set Nasser on a collision course with the West, initially Great Britain and to a lesser extent France, but eventually the United States. As such, Nasser’s commitment to autonomy would make him a hero to many in the Arab World and a villain to the West. Accordingly, for the next sixteen years Nasser and the United States would forge a strained relationship that at times bordered on mutual hostility and on other occasions, would stop just short of friendship based on pragmatic considerations by each side. As such, a detailed study is in order of the relationship between the RCC and the United States beginning with the Egyptian Revolution and ending with Nasser’s death in 1970. Ultimately, one can conclude that each side sought to exploit the other based upon outside considerations pertaining to Arab public opinion and a fear of communism.
The Nile River is an important part in the decision of choosing where to settle in the future. The Egyptians were multi-taskers and it was important for them to choose the right environment to place their home. For example, in Document A, the map shows many
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Ancient Egypt is very well-known as a barren desert in the geography of Africa, yet it is also acclaimed as the “breadbasket of the world.” This grandiose name is often associated with the river Nile, which is strongly believed as one of the most prominent factors for the vivacity of ancient Egypt. Moreover, many historians confidently conclude that the river Nile perhaps is responsible for not only breathing life into this once uninhabitable piece of land, but also for manipulating the behaviour and culture of its people. Therefore, it can be surmised that the river Nile remains one of the most significant and influential factors in the agriculture, trade, and culture of ancient Egypt.
The Nile River affected Egyptian economy by providing farmers with rich soil that helped keeps crops healthy and made farmers wealthy. With the crops the farmers grow so easily, the farmers could then sell the crops and make a lot of money in a day that would help move the economy around because the farmer may buy items from local baz...
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa, bordered by Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Niger to the west Cameroon and Nigeria to the Southwest and Libya to the north. In terms of geography, Chad is divided into multiple regions: a desert like zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the center and fertile Savanna zone in the South. Under the leadership of François Tombalbaye, Chad obtained independence in 1960. However, because the country is composed of more than 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups, the more Muslim north resented Tombalbaye policies and took over. After multiple internal conflicts in between the rebels themselves, Idriss Deby, the current president has been leading the country to more prosperous times. However, while major oil reserves and cotton plantations have created new revenue, Chad is still one of the poorest and most corrupt nations in the world. And to add to Chad’s own problems, South Sudan’s current conflicts with Sudan and its own ethnic groups who accuse the government of border lining them has spilled into the surrounding regions. Chad has been swarmed with hundreds of thousands of refugees and the conflicts pose a great threat to the stable political system in our country. We’ve already observed many of the surrounding states see revolts and uprisings from the different ethnicities not only against their respective governments but also inter-ethnically.
... people of Somalia. One of these is the history and how an escalating fight for power can affect the entire population. Next, the economy is suffering by the lack of jobs and exports from the country making many people live in poverty and more than half the population needing immediate food aid. The healthcare in Somalia is lacking the resources to be successful in treating people of illnesses impacting the entire countries population. Terrorist groups make living life in Somalia hard for there is constant fighting between groups fighting for power as well as moving by civilians to get away from the conflict. 500,000 people should not be dead because of the civil war in Somalia. Maybe one day this war will be over, but until then, all we can do is hold out our hope that they will rise past this horrible time in their history and rebuild to become great once again.
Egypt is known as the gift of the Nile, but why well that is what this paper is all about. For starters Egypt would not be the place it is today without the Nile it would be reduced to a dry uninhabitable desert. The Nile provides water to the entire land and as we all know water is a necessity for all life to exist. Another thing that the Nile supplies is silt, this silt is full of nutrients that makes farming not only possible but actually a lot easier than it is here in the states . The Nile also makes trade with nearby cities and towns possible so supplies are never short.
Yahia, Mohammed. 2013. Leaked Report Sparks Disagreement Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Dam. July 11. http://www.nature.com/nmiddleeast/2013/130711/full/nmiddleeast.2013.99.html.
Throughout history, Africa has been a vulnerable player in the eyes of the rest of the world. From the slave trade to various civil right injustices that have taken place over in every century, from what we have studied in this class, we have been able to see the lasting impact on the continent as a ramification of certain events occurring. Using various sources from the text, which serve as evidence, and help prove how the western world exercised its power in order to capitalize on the African continent and exploit the African people and land.