About Egypt
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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the East and West, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the "Persians" in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and "Byzantines". It was the "Arabs" who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries. A local military caste, the "Mamluks" took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the "Ottoman Turks" in 1517. |
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Geography of Egypt | |||
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Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea North of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula. | |||
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Winter from November to April - between 10-20°C Spring & Autumn (rest of months) - between 15-25°C |
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People of Egypt |
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Government of Egypt |
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Egypt Time |
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Phone Codes: | |||
Egypt Country Code: 2 Codes for major Cities: Cairo: 02 & Alexandria: 03.
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Egypt Currency |
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Currency |
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Egyptian Pound (EGP; symbol E£) = 100 piaster. Notes are in denominations of E£100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 1, 50piastres and 25 piaster. Coins are in denominations of 100, 50, 25, 20, 10 piasters. |
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Currency Exchange |
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Available at banks, official Exchange houses and most hotels. Banks often have better exchange rates than hotels. All common international currencies are accepted. |
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but only bigger hotels or restaurants in Cairo and restaurants in tourist areas will accept credit cards as payment. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services which maybe available.
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