Egypt, the Egyptian Pharaohs with the help of the attribution about their divine origin, were able to foment the development of a stratified society, fomented and sponsored the arts and built numerous temples and public works.

The main encounter point between the High and the Down Egypt was his capital, Menfis, That was to 24 Km to the south of Cairo.

The power of the Pharaohs are enormous, judging by the magnitude and the ambitious of his monuments, due to it, the time of the old  empire, won the nickname "Ace of the Pyramids" .

During the intermediate period, the control left decentralizing more and more and the fall of the old empire opened the way to the formation of several principalities.

With the intermediate period, in egypt is founded a second capital in Heracleopolis, while Tebas passed to control the south, both centers of power had their own armies.

The civil war didn't take in arriving and it concluded when Tebanos defeated the Pharaohs of Heracleopolis, transforming Tebas into the capital.

The political order brought new constructions, this time constitutes the classic period of the Egyptian culture.

The new empire began with a great expansion, Tutmosis I  conquered the high Nubia, today Sudan.

After the last warring Pharaoh, Ramsés III, concluded the days of glory for Egypt, and began their decline , not taking in arriving attacks of the exterior on the part of Lybian, kushitas, Persian, etc.

Later, Alejandro the Great, crowned Pharaoh mentions for the priests of Menfis. The creation of Alexandria opened Egypt to the world and its character conservative, change to cosmopolitan.

Several civilizations later on left their presence in Egypt, some dominated him, as Turks, Roman or Mameluke others as the Arabs conquered it, later on even it was occupied by the Britons.

Everything finishes in 1952, when Cairo burned in a black Saturday, the assault of the Britons to a police station the spark that lit the capital was.

Weeks more afternoons some officials took possession of Egypt.

Egypt at the present time to not recover their place in what refers to tourism, in vain has spent millions in publicity through their offices of tourism and it seems to be that the strategy has given result, since in 2002 the figure of 5,2 million tourists was reached.

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