Egypt-Nikki&Amanda

. == Egypt is located in Africa. It is South of the Mediterriean Sea, West of the Red Sea, and neighbors Isreal to the North East. 88 __million__ people live in Egypt's 386,198 square miles. Egypt is a very interesting country in Southwest Asia. ==

== Population density is the average number of people per square mile. In Egypt, the population density is 200 people per square mile. Egypt is not the biggest country in the Middle East, but it has 88 million people! Since there isn't many cities it must be hard for all of those people to find __ jobs __. ( AB} ==



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== Religion is a system of beliefs and worship often involving a code of ethies and a philosophy. Islam and Christianity are the most practiced religions in Egypt. But, many of the Middle Eastern countrys belive in Muslum too. Since Egypt is close to the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia, where Islam started, many people from Egypt belive in it. Religion is a big part in the Middle East. [ AB} ==




 * Source Citation: ** "The Mosque of the Prophet." (© Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis.) // Kids InfoBits Presents: Holidays of the World // . Thomson Gale, 2007. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

== Literacy is the ability to read and write effictivly. In Egypt, 82% of the men are literate, and 59% of all woman are literate, too. Compared to other countries, those perentages are pretty low. Since there are so many people in Egypt, it must be harder to __find a job__ and __make money__, and with no money it is very hard to get into a school. Also, most people do not have acess to __education__. ab ==


 * Source Citation: ** "Cuneiform." (Terry Smith Images/Alamy.) // Kids InfoBits Presents: Mesopotamia // . Gale, 2011. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

Language is the vocal sounds or words common to a particular nation or group of people. The official language of Egypt is Arabic. They also __speak English__ and French. Egypt is not very unique in the language perspective. Arabic is the official language of sixth other countries! All of the countries bordering Egypt speak Arabic, even if it isn't the official launguage.



Oil wealth per capita is the amount of oil wealth per person. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is the value of the goods and services a country produces per person.The oil wealth per capita in Egypt is 0. Egypt's GDP per capita is 5,000. The GDP and oil wealth per capita in Egypt is one of the lowest in the Middle East.

Ethnicity is a grouping based on a common cultural heritage, custom, language, or race. Egypt's ethincity is Arabic. Arabic is the most common ethnic group in the Middle East. Persia, Turkey, Iran, and Israel are the only four who has a different ethnicity than Arabic in the Middle East.
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Egypt is not very different compared to the other countries in the Middle East. They __speak Arabic__ and are mostly Arabic which is the same as many other countries around them. Egypt has $0.00 oil wealth per capita and $5,000 GDP per capita. It seems that Egypt would be tough to live in compared to the other countries because they don't have much money.

I understand whta you are saying about Egypt's ethnicity but you could use some more detail. Also I noticed that you do not have citations or captions for some of your pictures. Good work though girls! (OH)

I agree with you when you say that Egypt is not very different from the other countries in the Middle East. I would suppest that you include all the citations for your pictures.I understood when you were talking about all the different languages in Egypt. I found all the pictures visually appealing. Your pictures did not confuse me, I thought the pictures fit well with your descriptions.(Erika M)

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I noticed there were some spelling errors. I wanted to know more about the ethnicity. I appreciate how the author worded that Egypt wasn't unique because it is the same as alot of other countries. The visuals work well. I like the mosque picture because it represents the religion well. I dont understand why you used the cuneiform piccture because thats not what they use anymore is it? Kristen r

` = I would challenge the writer to add more ways that Egypt is similar or different than other countries in the Middle East. I appreciate how the author worded "Also, most people do not have access to education." instead of saying something like "They're uneducated.". I wanted to know more about how Egypt's a tough country to live in. I adored the picture in paragraph 4. I thought it was really interesting with all those symbols. I think that you should change the picture in paragraph 7 because to me it seems like it would fit more with paragraph 1. It was truly breathtaking. -Gustavo.C =