The Entire History of Egypt in 13 Minutes

The history of Egypt from Narmer to 2026: a country conquered again and again that absorbed every conqueror. Follow four threads across 5,000 years: the records scribes kept, the bread that kept people calm, the ancient past every ruler borrowed, and the Nile. Empires in Minutes tells a country's whole story in one calm, original documentary. In this video: Cairo, 1953: the day Egypt became a republic Three myths about pyramid builders, native rulers and Cleopatra Narmer, the Nile flood and the first state The Great Pyramid and the logbook of Merer The Hyksos, the New Kingdom and Ramesses II Kushites, Assyrians and Persians Alexander, the Ptolemies and the Rosetta decree Rome, Byzantium and Egypt's grain The Arab conquest and the founding of Cairo Mamluks, Ottomans, Muhammad Ali, Suez and the British Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak and the 2011 uprising Egypt today: population, economy, bread and the Nile Where sources differ: some figures, such as population, growth forecasts and the 1977 protest death toll, vary by source, and the video says so. Facts on modern Egypt are current to October 16, 2026. Topics covered: ancient Egypt, pharaohs, pyramids, Ptolemaic Egypt, Roman Egypt, Islamic Egypt, Mamluks, Ottoman Egypt, Suez Canal, modern Egypt, Nile. Which conqueror do you think changed Egypt the most, and which one did Egypt change the most? Tell us in the comments. Subscribe to Empires in Minutes for the whole history of a new country every week, and tell us which country to cover next. Sources worth exploring: CAPMAS, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, IFPRI, the Grand Egyptian Museum. #Egypt #History #AncientEgypt TAGS history of egypt, egypt history, entire history of egypt, ancient egypt, egypt documentary, history of egypt explained, egypt in minutes, pharaohs, pyramids of giza, nile river, rosetta stone, cleopatra, ramesses ii, ptolemaic egypt, roman egypt, mamluks, ottoman egypt, muhammad ali of egypt, suez canal, nasser, modern egypt, egypt 2026, empires in minutes, country history, history documentary