The Great Sphinx Ancient Egypt is one of the world’s great civilizations. After a unified kingdom arose around 3150 BC a series of dynasties ruled Egypt for the next three millennia. During this incredible long era the ancient Egyptians produced some of the most famous monuments in the world of which many have survived the ages. Below is one of the most amazing ancient Egyptian monuments. Introduction: The Sphinx has been a symbol of Egypt from ancient times to the present. It has inspired
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during the Cairo Conference‚ the Allies came to a resolution that Japan be stripped of all the territories that the nation occupied since 1894 when Japan began its expansion abroad. The United States‚ China‚ and Britain made a blurred agreement that Korea would become free and independent following the war. As the war progressed‚ United States officials began to pressure the Soviet Union to enter the war against Japan leading to another conference just a couple of years after the meeting in Cairo. The
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The shift of German tanks led straight into Operation Supercharge. This phase of the battle began on November 2‚ flanking the Axis forces with the southern units with the objective of destroying enemy armor‚ forcing the enemy to fight the Australian infantry from the north and the British/American tanks from the south. Operation Supercharge was later seen as the decisive point that defeated the lauded General Rommel. Montgomery also received intelligence regarding the vulnerability of the German
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backgrounds demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature‚ the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters. The uprising took place in Cairo‚ Alexandria‚ and in other cities in Egypt‚ following the Tunisian Revolution that saw the overthrow of the long-time Tunisian president. On 11 February‚ following weeks of determined popular protest and pressure‚ Mubarak resigned from office. Grievances
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of trade which allowed it to flourish throughout the Muslim Empire. Nasier-e-Khusraw‚ a Persian Muslim traveler and Ismaili spy‚ states that the city of Cairo held bath houses‚ endless caravansaries‚ other public buildings‚ and at least twenty thousand shops‚ all belonging to the Sultan Saladin‚ which demonstrates the importance of trade in Cairo (Doc 5). Nasier’s point of view is to be trusted because he was an Ismaili spy‚ this shows that he is trained in collecting resourceful information. Arab
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ironclads were beginning to develop into a threat. “Ironclads are said to master the world‚ but torpedoes master ironclads‚” Rains said. One such torpedo is the keg torpedo. (Waters 71) The first one used was in 1862. It sunk the unsuspecting USS Cairo in about twelve
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Yemen. Membership in the League was later extended to Algeria‚ Bahrain‚ Djibouti‚ Kuwait‚ Libya‚ Mauritania‚ Morocco‚ Oman‚ Qatar‚ Somalia‚ Southern Yemen‚ Sudan‚ Tunisia‚ and the United Arab Emirates. The headquarters of the League is located in Cairo‚ and it is run by a secretary general which is appointed by the league members. The work of any international organization which attempts to promote peace‚ and political cooperation is usually confronted by several failures. However‚ in the case
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Britain refrained to support because it was already huge burden for Britain to maintain its existing colonies. Therefore‚ the suggestion to maintain another quasi colony was not welcomed by Britain. After that‚ the issue of Korea was raised again at the Cairo Conference in November 1943. Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek met and resolved to give independence to Korea. Consequently‚ they announced that “in due course Korea shall become free and independent”. However‚ the expression
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with security forces in Benghazi after protesting near the U.S. consulate. It has been debated what has provoked this violence‚ but it was initially believed that it was due to an online film considered offensive to Islam. Earlier on in the day‚ in Cairo‚ there were protests being executed in response to the mentioned video‚ but whether or not those protests were related to the Benghazi attacks remained unclear in the few days following. The inflammatory video on Islam in question‚ titled
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He also brought 100 camels‚ and in total‚ 192‚000 ounces of gold. In no way was he shy about his surplus of gold‚ for showing off his riches was the point of the trip. One of his most famous stops along the way was when he went to Cairo and gave away so much gold‚ Cairo suffered a horrible inflation period where their money was basically worthless‚ and didn’t get their money system back to normal for about ten years. By showing off the gold‚ and handing showering the lands he passed with it‚ it made
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