. A complete geography . xample, the story of Joseph ? During thosetimes the Egyptians built the obelisks (Fig. 521),the sphinx (Fig. 520), and those marvellous struc-tures, the pyramids (Fig. 516), which are reallythe tombs of kings. By a peculiar process they _ \ ^ preserved the bodies of their dead, and these ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ mummies may be seen in the museums of many large cities. Among themummies are the remains of the Pharaohs themselves. In the movement westward ofthe people who dwelt along theeastern shores of the Mediterra-nean and farther east in Asia,Egypt became one of the highwaysof
. A complete geography . xample, the story of Joseph ? During thosetimes the Egyptians built the obelisks (Fig. 521),the sphinx (Fig. 520), and those marvellous struc-tures, the pyramids (Fig. 516), which are reallythe tombs of kings. By a peculiar process they _ \ ^ preserved the bodies of their dead, and these ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ mummies may be seen in the museums of many large cities. Among themummies are the remains of the Pharaohs themselves. In the movement westward ofthe people who dwelt along theeastern shores of the Mediterra-nean and farther east in Asia,Egypt became one of the highwaysof the world, and against its peoplemany destructive wars were waged,and the country has been repeat-edly invaded. As other nationshave advanced, the Egyptians havesteadily lost ground. At present Egypt is requiredto pay annual tribute to Turkey,but she is otherwise practicallyindependent of Turkey ; and the Fig 522 ruler, or Khedive^ is a hereditary An Egyptian sheik, a descendant of Mo- hammed. monarch. riie government oi. 512 AFRICA Egypt was so bad that the french and Britishfinally stepped in and took control of the financesof the nation. When the French declined toaid in subduing a rebellion in Egypt, the Brit-ish alone assumed a large share in the controlof Egyptian affairs. As a result of British direction there hasrecently been marked progress in Egypt. Ex-tensive irrigation works have been undertaken,and the land area for cotton and sugar cane hasthereby been greatly increased. By means ofreservoirs and canals it is further proposed toreclaim thousands of square miles of the railway lines have also been built (), including a part of the proposed line fromCairo to Cape Town. Outside of the Nile Valley,however, travel still depends largely upon theuse of camels (Fig. 516). Suez Canal. — Northeastern Egypt includesthe Isthmus of Suez, which connects Africa with Asia. This narrowneck of land has for centuries stood as a barrier to water travel
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