Northafrica

North Africa

By aunistya

  • Europeans

    During the 1800's, European powers came to rule North Africa

  • Colonized

    Europeans colonized North Africa in the 1800's, but its nations achieved independence in the 1900's

  • Britain

    Egypt gained independence in 1922, but Britain continued to rule the country

  • Independence

    Most of the region gained independence in the 1950's

  • Gamal Abdel Nasser

    Gamal Abdel Nasser
    In 1952, Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew the government and seized control of Egypt

  • French Rule

    In Alergia, the majority resisted French rule, went to war, and won independence in 1962

  • Nile River

    Nile River
    In 1964, Egypt built a dam across the Nile River called the Aswan High Dam

  • Sinai Peninsula

    Egypt regained the Sinai Peninsula in 1979 when it signed a peace agreement with Israel

  • Nile River Valley

    Nile River Valley
    About 5,000 years ago the civilization of Ancient Egypt developed in the Nile River Valley. It endured for almost 3,000 years