| Greater Kingdom of Egypt مملكة مصر الكبرى Timeline: Three Worlds | ||||||
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| Motto: Egypt, glorious land |
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| Anthem: Bilady, Bilady, Bilady Royal anthem: Be safe, O Egypt! |
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| Capital | Cairo | |||||
| Official languages | Egyptian Arabic, English | |||||
| Religion | Islam, Coptic Christianity, Kemetism (small minority) | |||||
| Demonym(s) | Egyptian | |||||
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy | |||||
| - | King | Fuad II of Egypt | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Mostafa Kemal Madbouly | ||||
| Establishment | 650 - Independence from the Byzantine Empire | |||||
| Currency | Egyptian Pound | |||||
Egypt, officially the Greater Kingdom of Egypt, is a sovereign nation in Northern Africa. Egypt is bordered by Carthage and Central Sahara to the west, Bornu and Ethiopia to the south, Syria-Levant to the east, and a maritime border with Byzantium to the north.
History[]
Egypt is one of the oldest countries in the world, with a history that extends from the 6th millenium BC to the present day. The country was ruled by successive dynasties of pharaohs and resisted several episodes of foreign invasion and cultural assimilation, remaining an independent and prosperous country with a strong identity throughout much of its history. The country would fall to foreign invaders in the 1th century BC, when it was occupied by the Roman Empire for a few hundred years. It was incorporated into the Byzantine Empire after the split of the Roman Empire,. However, in 650, a group of traditionalists defeated the Byzantine army and separated from Byzantium, gaining independence. A Kemetic Egypt stayed in power until the Muslim expansion took place. The nation rejected the Muslim expansion at first, but a Coup replaced the traditionalist government with a Muslim monarchy.
Egypt's social liberalism stemming from ancient traditions has made it the foremost example of women's rights and sexual freedom in the world. It is one of the few nations where women could vote long before the suffragettes' movement and had virtually all other rights that men had. An even gender balance of important posts, including those of prime-ministers and more recently monarchs is considered unique to Egypt. Many sexual taboos found in other countries are not practiced in Egypt, even for some adherents of Abrahamic religions, whose Egyptian versions have become far more liberal than their foreign counterparts. This has been a subject of numerous sociological and anthropological studies on Egyptian society.