Geography Changes

Today, Egypt takes up 1,001,449 square kilometers of land. It has borders with a few different countries. These countries are Libya, Israel, Syria, and the Gaza strip. Each country's border serves as a line to distinguish where Egypt begins and/ or ends. Over the years, some borders have changed for various reasons. [1]
The Gaza strip used to be a part of Egypt but is not today. Israel has owned it since 1967. Before war broke out between the two countries, Egypt had the Gaza strip, a Palestinian area, under their territorial belt. However, after war, Israel wanted their land back in exchange for peace between the two countries. [2]
Egypt also shares a border with Libya that was established in 1925. Libya was colonized by Italy, so the border lines were established with them at this time.[1] More recently the border between Libya and Egypt were causing difficulty for those traveling between the two countries. In 2004, the those that were going from one country to the other had to show their visa or work permit or money in order to cross the border. This was due to relations with Israel and their nuclear weapons. However, this border difficulty only lasted for two weeks.[3]
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Along with political borders, Egypt also has natural borders. These borders include the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. These two bodies of water separate the country from southern Asian countries and Southern European countries.
In 2009, Egypt started to build a wall between them and Gaza in order to stop the transferring of illegal weapons and other things of that matter. The wall is made of steel and is underground. [5] Today, Egypt is known for their steel wall, which caused controversy.
All of the borders of Egypt define what and who they are as country. They have changed over the years, but seem to be pretty stable at this point.



[1]http://worldfacts.us/Egypt-geography.htm
[2]http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/docview/1355655254?pq-origsite=summon
[3]http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=vic_liberty&id=GALE|A114328981&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon&userGroup=vic_liberty&authCount=1
[4]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLI-Ch7esPC9qJbnO2s0G3eO_VHjD2Zf1jJ2zOX3crRC94K-cQGhTessTg17rpZvBO_qCtj8QG-4UgXp_IsilBJb7fEhePbicCV0_mdkmei1BiAArHo5bWePT5bMjCo4KedJIoVXjjwY/s1600/egypt-map.gif
[5]http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/science/article/pii/S003043871000027X