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Egypt

The Great Pyramid of Giza was finished around 2560 BC. Nothing people built is thought to have stood taller until the spires of England's medieval cathedrals, some 3,800 years later.

Where its story happens

The Great Pyramid, Giza, at 29.98°N, 31.13°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Egypt

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Egypt, in the northeast corner of Africa, where the Nile reaches the sea. See Egypt on a map.
  2. Its canal lets ships pass between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.
  3. Its most famous monument was the tallest structure on Earth for about 3,800 years.
  4. Its queen Cleopatra lived closer in time to the first iPhone than to the building of that monument.
  5. About 95% of this country's people live on about 5% of its land, along a single river.

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