Transcript Egypt and Greece - Sociologyprexies-2012

By
Stephanie Feldman
Location
Capital cairo

Africa- North Eastern
side
Languages

Modern standard Arabic
Symbols
Eagle of Saladin- power, beauty and
independence
Red- period before revolution
White- bloodless nature of the
revolution
Black- the end of the oppression of
the Egyptian people at the hands of
the monarchy, and foreign
imperialism
population
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80.72 million as of 2012
Major religion
Islamic- 94%
 Coptic orthodox- 6%

subcultures
Photography
 Art
 Grafidy

Values/norms/beliefs
Honor is important facet of interpersonal
relationships.
 Respect and esteem for people is a right
and an obligation

Ethnic
Eastern hamitic stock (Egypt Bedouins
and Berbers)- 99%
 Greek/Nubian/Armenian/Italian/French1%

economy
GDP- $540.0 billion
 22% growth
 4.2% 5-year compound
annual growth
 $6,545 per capita
 12.3% unemployment
rate
 $2.8 billion in FDI inflow

history
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Much of Egypt's ancient history was a
mystery until the secrets of ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphics were deciphered
with the discovery and help of the
Rosetta Stone.
conflict
Poverty
 Hepatitis
 In Arab nations in 2013, the promise of
greater freedoms and political reforms has
been reversed, most violently in some
instances, by taking a few countries down
the path of anarchy and complete chaos
 Egypt was one of them
 Now trying to heal from the damage done

Interesting facts
From a place where great pharaohs
ruled, now in a pit of chaos in the
wanting of greater freedom.
 In this chaos, the Egyptian people are
no longer the passive people. They will
stand up and fight for their rights.

Would I visit and or live there??
I would love to visit the ancient tombs of
the pharaohs, and learn about the
supposed curses that lie in the tombs.
 I’ve always been interested in mummies
and Egyptian gods and how the gods
came to be.
 I would not live there because I prefer
the air conditioning than the blazing sun.

Prefer which country???
I prefer the U.S. because I love our air
conditioning.
 They are going through a rough patch in their
history and I don’t want to get in their history
books.
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Work cited
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http://www.google.com/#q=egypt+national+sym
bols&safe=active
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global
-etiquette/egypt-country-profile.html
http://www.heritage.org/index/country/egypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Egypt
http://www.irusa.org/countries/egypt/
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/2013assessing-the-conflict-in-syria-and-egypt-thewar-continues/
GREECE!!!!!!!!!!!!
location
capital
Europe
Athens
Language(s)
Greek- 99%
 English/French/Spanish/Italian- 1%

symbols
Blue- Greek sky and sea
White- clouds, waves, and
purity of the country’s
struggle for independence
and freedom
9 stripes- 9 Muses or
the goddesses of art
and civilization
population

11,062,508 people as of 2012
Religion(s)
Christian Orthodoxy- 98%
 Muslims/Catholics/Jewish- 2%

Subculture

Death Metal Rock (music)
Norms/Beliefs/Values
They take pride and promote
themselves by promoting
brother/sisterhood
 They also promote family as one of its
most cherished values
 Very serious about acedemics
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Economy
GDP= $276.9 billion
 -6.4% growth
 -4.4% 5-year
compound annual
growth
 $24,505 per capita
 24.2% unemployment
rate
 1% inflation
 $2.9 billion FDI inflow
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History of Greece
3 major historians- Herodotus (father
history), Thucydides, and Xenophon
 6000 BC-2900 BC= introduced pottery,
crop growing and animal husbandry
 2900 BC-2000BC= architecture, burial
styles and life styles are introduced
 1600 BC-1100 BC= working with
unearthed gold
 1100 BC- 750 BC= weapons and
rebellions
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History of Greece continued..
750 BC- 500 BC= politics
and democracy started to
form
 500 BC- 336 BC=
philosophical schools
started to form with the
teachings of Plato and
Socrates
 336 BC- 146 BC= culture
and learning was preeminent
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conflicts
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Armed conflict with Afghanistan which is
an UN-authorized NATO-led misson
interesting
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Greece’s bird is the phoenix. The
phoenix represents rebirth and
divinity
Would I live or visit there?
I would have loved to live there in
ancient times with the gladiators and
ancients myths.
 In today’s world, I would only visit there
because or the fight in Afghanistan.
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preference
I do prefer my own country because
we still have beautiful sites and we
are not so stressed out in academics.
 I would prefer to live in the ancient
times of Greece with the gladiators, if
I had to live there.
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Work cited
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http://www.google.com/#q=egypt+national+sy
mbols&safe=active
 http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/glob
al-etiquette/egypt-country-profile.html
 http://www.heritage.org/index/country/egypt
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Egypt
 http://www.irusa.org/countries/egypt/
 http://www.palestinechronicle.com/2013assessing-the-conflict-in-syria-and-egypt-thewar-continues/