Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to inform you about EGYPT Introduction: I.

How many of you know how old Egypt is? a. Egypt has been a civilization for 5000 years old b. With over 332 Pharaohs or kings Today Im going to tell you about Egypts a. Flag b. 3 famous people c. 3 famous landmarks d. Food e. Religion f. Population I. Flag a. b. c. d. e. f.

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Body: Changed 8 times the last millennium Represents both Muslim and Christians that live there Abusing the flag is punishable by torture Red symbolizes 1952 when a coup dtat ended the monarchy White represents when the coup went without blood Black represents the end of the oppression by the British and the monarchy Landmarks a. (1) Great Pyramids at Giza of Necropolis i. Built in the 4th Dynasty for Pharaoh Khufu ii. Was the tallest man made structure for hundreds of years iii. Consists of 2.3 million blocks, and took 20 years to build iv. The only way to enter is through the way thiefs cut into it hundreds of years ago v. Multiple pyramids were built around it for Khufus wives and mother b. (2) The Abu Simel in Aswan

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i. Was covered in sand and unforgotten until 1813 ii. Named after little boy who helped explorers relocate it iii. Had to be relocated after increase in water table of Lake Nasser iv. All statues of Ramses v. Females at his feet are mother and wives c. (3) Karnack Temple i. In the movie the mummy ii. Karnack means most high in ancient Coptic iii. Expanded over each dynasty iv. Dwelling place of Amon-Re, his wife Mut and their son Khonosu (gods) v. There is a list called shishaks list that depicts when pharaoh shishak attacked Israel in 925 B.C. that is confirmed in the bible 2nd Chronicles Chapter 2. Famous People a. Cleopatra i. Macedonian/ daughter of Ptolemy Xll Auletes ii. Last Queen of Egypt iii. Self proclaimed daughter of Isis iv. Fell in love with mark Antony who was battling Octavian (Romans) Cleopatra used her power to help Mark but he still lost to Octavian who took control of Egypt Anthony and Cleopatra committed suicide v. Octavian changed his name to Augustus Caesar which Is where we get August vi. Octavian also was the ruler of Rome whose soldiers murdered Jesus at Golgotha in Jerusalem b. Ramses the 2nd i. Step brother of Moses ii. Wouldnt let his people go iii. Was referred to as Ramses the Great iv. Lived to be 99

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v. Him and Moses were considered Pharaohs daughters sons c. Hosni Mubarak i. Was considered to be a tyrant ii. Stole money from Egyptian treasury iii. In office for 30 years and refused to relinquish power iv. Helped America in the fight against Al-Qaida Food a. Ful Medanes i. Egypts national dish beans in salted sauce b. Baba Ghanoush i. Squashed eggplant c. Shish Kabobs i. Also extremely popular d. Dolne i. Egyptian eggroll Population a. Birthrate i. 24 births per 1000 people yearly b. Death rate i. 4.82 deaths per 1000 people yearly c. Population Density i. 7136 people per square miles Religion a. Christianity i. In Egypt it is called Coptic which is basically a old type of Egyptian Christianity. ii. The Copts have their own churches even in Houston near Bellaire and they are the only peoples that dont speak Arabic but the old ancient language of Egypt now referred to as the Coptic language. b. Islam i. Egypts majority is Islamic and the speak Arabic

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c. Other i. There are few other religions in Egypt that are either extremely foreign or extremely old they make up less than 1% of the total Conclusion a. As you can see Egypt is a very old and very ancient city. There are many artifacts and many relics of civilization destroyed long ago. I hope that one day you can go to Egypt.