Social and Economic Issues in Egypt

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What was once a great and powerful empire has started to become a civil war zone. They created the Pyramids and one of the first recorded libraries. While Egypt has had hard times in the past, they recovered from them, the civil war that they are in now will be harder to recover from once it’s over. With war and economic problems causing people to die frequently due to either starvation or gunfire, Egypt struggles to survive and bounce back from their issues. Egypt continues to deal with the fighting and their future doesn’t look bright for them.
Egypt was one of the first and largest countries beginning in 4000 BC when the Lower and Upper kingdoms merged to create one big country. It was conquered multiple times before becoming its own country again. In 525 BC, Egypt was conquered by Persia and was led under their rule until 332 BC. Alexander the Great took over Egypt from Persia in 332 BC and ruled until 30 BC After Cleopatra killed herself at the age of 39, the Byzantine Province ruled Egypt. Napoleon ruled Egypt from 1798 until 1801 when Islam started to spread and Mohammed and his army took it over. In 1869, the Suez Canal was finished and England seized control. Eventually, Egyptian Nationalism was able to force Britain out of Egypt, On February 28, 1922, Egypt became its own country (Geography).
Egypt’s government began to struggle with protestors and civil war earlier in 2011. They were having issues keeping crime rate down and keeping people from protesting against President Morsi because he wasn’t fulfilling the promises he made. To help control these conflicts, police were given live ammunition and were told to keep the protests at bay (Abi-Habib). Police were seen shooting into crowds of protestors and used tear gas...

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...led the Nile. But lately they have been having issues with keeping everything together as a country. There have been having many protests all over Egypt for their president not doing his job. He has also not been paying attention to their economic issues. While he was kicked out of the office, things still aren’t so great for Egypt as they have a long road ahead of them before things are better for them.

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Abi-Habib, Maria. "In Egypt Clashes, Civilians Oppose Protestoers." Www.online.wjs.com. The Wall Street Journal, 17 Aug. 2013. Web. 6 Dec. 2013.
"Geography." Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.
Heineman, Ben. "Beyond the Coup: Egypt's Real Problem Is Its Economy." Www.theatlantic.com. The Atlantic, 10 July 2013. Web. 18 Dec. 2013.
Knipp, Kerstin. "Uncertain Future - Economic Problems in Egypt." DW.DE. N.p., 7 June 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.

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