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GEO 200 Milestone Two Worksheet Guidelines and Rubric Katelyn Beyers 1. Identify a city or area of a country within your new region: Cairo, Egypt 2. Location: Absolute Location of the Capital Cairo: (30.044420, 31.235712) Located in the northeastern corner of the continent of Africa. South of the Mediterranean Sea, West of Israel & the Gaza Strip, North of Sudan, and East of Libya. Egypt Maps & Facts - World Atlas    World Atlas. (2021, February 24). Egypt Maps & Facts . WorldAtlas. https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/egypt  3. Regional Significance: 1
Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world, and the third most populated country in the continent of Africa. Egypt also makes up one- quarter of the entire population of the Middle East. Egypt is located at the “crossroads” of southwest Asia and Africa. Egypt’s cities serve as an oasis throughout the desert and have successfully aided in the transportation of items up and down the Nile River throughout history. Egyptians later built the Suez Canal creating the shortest and most used trade route for passage between Europe and the Indian and Western Pacific oceans. Egypt - The World Factbook. (n.d.). Www.cia.gov. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/#transportation Zuhur, S. (2007). Egypt’s Significance in the Region. JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep11986.9?seq=3 Is Egypt on the Way to Becoming a Regional Power? | Near East South Asia Center. (n.d.). Nesa-Center.org. Retrieved November 27, 2023, from https://nesa-center.org/is-egypt-on-the-way-to-becoming-a-regional-power/ 4. Global Significance: Egypt is considered a cradle of civilization, located at the crossroads of Africa and Southwest Asia, and possesses many resources such as gold, oil, gas, precious stones, and metals. Home to one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramid of Giza. Ancient Egyptian civilization heavily influenced society as it exists today. One of the first civilizations to create an alphabet. This would later develop into the phonetic alphabet that we use today. Ancient Egyptians always created one of the earliest forms of paper, Papyrus. Egypt historically was home to the largest library in the world, The Great Library of Alexandria, which later burned.   Whelan, N. (2020, May 26). 10 Ways Ancient Egyptians Shaped World history . WorldAtlas. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-ways-ancient- egyptians-shaped-world-history.html   Egypt - The World Factbook. (n.d.). Www.cia.gov. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/#transportation Is Egypt on the Way to Becoming a Regional Power? | Near East South Asia Center. (n.d.). Nesa-Center.org. Retrieved November 27, 2023, from https://nesa-center.org/is-egypt-on-the-way-to-becoming-a-regional-power/ Part II: Connectivity 1. Interactions: 2
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