How old is Egypt?
Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt) -a state located on two continents - North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula of Asia. Egypt today is known in Russia as one of the most popular resorts, but we must not forget that Egypt is also a country with a great history, one of the most ancient states of the world.
Egypt began to form at the turn of IV-IIIcenturies BC. e. The first historical date associated with Egypt - 3000 BC, in this year, according to historians, there was an unification of Egypt by Pharaoh Menes (or Mina), from which the kingdom began. Pharaoh united 40 cities that were located along the Nile. During this period the capital of Egypt was the city of Tisza.
Thus, the question of how many yearsEgypt, you can answer that he is more than 5000 years old (that's what historians think). By the way, Cairo - the city that today is the capital of Egypt, was founded in 969. Today in Egypt, a new capital is being built to rid Cairo of overpopulation, in which today there are more than 8 million people with an area of 528 km2.
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