Is ancient Egypt the earliest kingdom in the world? They built the world-famous pyramids and the Valley of the Kings. Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the second largest country in Africa, and has long been in the leading position in Africa in the fields of economy, science and technology. It is also the third largest economy on the African continent. ?

Local customs:

Most of Egypt is a low plateau with an altitude of 100-700 meters, and there are hills and mountains along the Red Sea coast and Sinai Peninsula. Deserts and semi-deserts account for 95% of the country. The country is dry and rainy with a dry and hot climate. Southern Egypt has a tropical desert climate, with high temperature in summer and large temperature difference between day and night. The main resources are oil, natural gas, phosphate and iron.

There are the following characteristics in the details of life: Egyptians have deep feelings for green and white. Most people like these two colors. There is a saying that green is an auspicious color and white is a "happy" color. They also like and hate the numbers they often encounter in their lives. Most people prefer the numbers "5" and "7".

History and culture:

Egypt is one of the four ancient civilizations. A unified slave country appeared in 3 100 BC, and ancient Egypt formed 3 1 dynasties in succession. From 1 1 century BC to 1 century BC, it was conquered intermittently by Assyria, Babylon, Persia, ancient Macedonia and the Roman Empire.

Customs and habits:

1, Egyptians like sweets, and sweets are the last course of formal banquets or rich family dinners.

2. When every Egyptian adult man reaches marriageable age, he must first propose to the father of the right person, or choose a spouse among matriarchal relatives and neighbors. After the proposal, both men and women began to discuss the amount of the woman's dowry. Generally, the man gives her two-thirds of her dowry as a dowry.

3. Egyptian communication etiquette has both national traditional customs and western practices, and the upper class prefers European and American etiquette. The Egyptians were very enthusiastic when they met.

Extended data:

military affairs

Egypt implements a military service system that combines conscripts and volunteers. Conscripts serve for three years. The total strength of the armed forces is 450 thousand, which is divided into four services: land, sea, air and air defense. In addition, there are 60,000 national guards,10.4 million border guards, 60,000 public security forces and 7,000 coast guards.

education

Implement the universal compulsory primary education system. There are 42 184 schools of basic education (including primary school, junior high school, senior high school and secondary technical education) in China, including 372 18 public schools and 4,966 private schools. * * * There are 34 universities, including public universities 18 and private universities 16. Famous ones are Cairo University, Alexandria University, Ain chams University and Azhar University.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Egypt