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{{ | {{Era|Covenant|Human|UNSC|HCW|Post|RW}} | ||
{{Wikipedia}} | {{Wikipedia}} | ||
{{Affiliation infobox | {{Affiliation infobox | ||
|name=Arab Republic of Egypt | |name=Arab Republic of Egypt | ||
|image=[[File:Egypt.png|300px]] | |image=[[File:Egypt.png|300px]] | ||
|type= | |type=Republic | ||
|founder= | |founder=Menes | ||
|documents= | |documents= | ||
|head= | |head= | ||
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|judicial= | |judicial= | ||
|branch= | |branch= | ||
|main=[[Cairo]] | |main=[[Cairo]] | ||
|anthem= | |anthem= | ||
|language= | |language=[[Human languages|Arabic]] | ||
|script= | |script= | ||
|religion= | |religion= | ||
|techlevel= | |techlevel=Tier 3 | ||
|notable-title= | |notable-title= | ||
|notable= | |notable= | ||
|formed=* | |formed=*Fourth Millennium BCE | ||
*1953 (current state) | |||
|affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]] | |affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Egypt''', | '''The Arab Republic of Egypt''', or simply '''Egypt''', is an [[Africa]]n nation on [[Earth]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
{{Quote|These are pre-[[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] ruins. They were already ancient history before humanity built the pyramids.|[[Spartan]] [[Olympia Vale]] comments on ruins on [[Sanghelios]], comparing them to the pyramids of Egypt to signify their great age.}} | |||
[[File:Sphinx.png|left|thumb|250px|The [[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]] and the [[Wikipedia:Giza pyramid complex|Pyramids of Giza]] during the time of Ancient Egypt.]] | |||
{{Quote|These are pre-[[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] ruins. They were already ancient history before humanity built the pyramids.|[[Spartan]] [[Olympia Vale]] comments on ruins on [[Sanghelios]], comparing them to the pyramids of Egypt to signify their great age. | Ancient Egyptian civilization coalesced over 6,000 years ago<ref name="Founding" group="note">Egypt is thought to have been founded c. 3150 BCE. According to the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', however, by the 26th Century Egypt had been around for over 6,000 years, meaning it must have actually been established hundreds of years prior to this date.</ref> with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under its first pharaoh, Menes. Predominately native Egyptian rule lasted until the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the sixth century BCE. In 332 BCE, Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great conquered Egypt as he toppled the Achaemenids and established the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom, which was eventually annexed by Rome. After the Islamic conquest of Egypt, parts of it became provinces of successive caliphates and other Muslim dynasties until it was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire. Egypt fell under the control of the British Empire in 1882 but in 1953 the independent Arab Republic of Egypt was formed. In [[1945]], Egypt was a founding member of the [[United Nations]]. After the eventual unification of Earth's nations under the [[Unified Earth Government]], Egypt's strategic location became vitally important to the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="HE296"/> An [[orbital defense platform]] was constructed to orbit its capital city [[Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronously]]<ref name="HE294">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 294'' (2011)</ref> and when the [[Covenant]] [[Battle for Earth|attacked]] in [[2552]], ''[[Cairo Station]]'' served as flag headquarters.<ref>[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops]] #2</ref> | ||
Ancient Egyptian civilization coalesced over 6,000 years | |||
==Geography== | |||
[[File:Pyramids.png|300px|right|thumb|A depiction of a traveler on a camel riding past a trio of pyramids, as glimpsed by [[343 Guilty Spark]] upon accessing data concerning [[human]] history on the {{UNSCship|Pillar of Autumn}}.<ref>[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]], Terminal One</ref>]] | |||
Egypt is a transcontinental nation; it possesses a land bridge between [[Africa]] and [[Asia]], traversed by a navigable waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean by way of the Red Sea. It is bisected by the Nile River.<ref name="HE296">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 296'' (2011)</ref> The majority of the country is arid desert, but oases and the region along the Nile could be called tropical.<ref name="HE296"/> Its capital city is Cairo, located near the Nile Delta.<ref name="HE294"/> Egypt is famous for its pyramids, massive structures built as tombs for its pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. | |||
==Economy and Society== | |||
The Arab Republic of Egypt is considered a technological, economic, and military dynamo.<ref name="HE296"/> | |||
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The Arab Republic of Egypt is considered a technological, economic, and military dynamo. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Proper nouns from [[List of references to religion in the Halo series|Egyptian mythology]] form the basis for a number of GEN2 [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] variants, in addition to the elite [[Spartan-IV]] fireteam, [[Fireteam Osiris]]. | *Proper nouns from [[List of references to religion in the Halo series|Egyptian mythology]] form the basis for a number of GEN2 [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] variants, in addition to the elite [[Spartan-IV]] fireteam, [[Fireteam Osiris]]. The [[artificial intelligence]] construct known as [[Sekmet]], similarly, was named for the Egyptian [[Wikipedia:Sekhmet|goddess of the same name]]. | ||
*The [[New Cairo School of Advanced Medicine]] is an educational institution in the 26th Century, though it is currently unknown what precisely "New Cairo" signifies. | *The [[New Cairo School of Advanced Medicine]] is an educational institution in the 26th Century, though it is currently unknown what precisely "New Cairo" signifies.<ref>http://www.halopedia.org/File:The_Spirit_page_2.jpg</ref> | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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**''[[Origins]]'' | **''[[Origins]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminals]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Im}} | *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Im}} | ||
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references group="note"/> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{ | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
{{ | {{Countries}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Earth]] | ||