Egypt

Ancient Egypt, one of the world’s most enduring civilizations, emerged around 3100 BCE when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified under the rule of King Narmer. It thrived for over 3,000 years along the banks of the Nile River, shaping history, culture, and religion in profound ways.

The North Africa Campaign, a pivotal theater of World War II, unfolded between 1940 and 1943 and involved a series of intense battles and strategic maneuvering across the deserts of North Africa. This campaign, primarily between the Axis Powers, led by Germany and Italy, and the Allied Forces, mainly composed of British Commonwealth and American troops, had far-reaching consequences for the outcome of the war.

The Suez Canal, an impressive achievement of engineering that connected the Mediterranean and the Red seas, revolutionized international commerce. The French Suez Canal Company, working from a design by French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, got to work on building the canal in 1859. When the canal was finally finished in 1869, it had taken ten years of hard work through arid and stony terrain to accomplish.