'''ꯏꯓꯤꯞ''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Egypt.ogg|ˈ|iː|dʒ|ɪ|p|t}} {{Respell|EE|jipt}}; {{lang-ar|مِصر}} {{transl|ar|''Miṣr''}}, {{lang-arz|مَصر}} {{transl|arz|''Maṣr''}}, {{lang-cop|Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ}} {{transl|cop|''K<sup>h</sup>ēmi''}}), officially the '''Arab Republic of Egypt''', is a country in the northeast corner of Africa, whose territory in the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai Peninsula]] extends beyond the continental boundary with Asia, [[Boundary between Asia and Africa|as traditionally defined]]. Egypt is bordered by the [[Gaza Strip|Gaza Strip]] and [[Israel|Israel]] to the northeast, the [[Gulf of Aqaba|Gulf of Aqaba]] and the [[Red Sea|Red Sea]] to the east, [[Sudan|Sudan]] to the south, [[Libya|Libya]] to the west, and the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean Sea]] to the north. Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies [[Jordan|Jordan]], across the Red Sea lies [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], and across the Mediterranean lie [[Greece|Greece]], [[Turkey|Turkey]] and [[Cyprus|Cyprus]], although none share a land border with Egypt.
Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a [[cradle of civilisation|cradle of civilisation]], [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]] saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Prehistory of Egypt: From the First Egyptians to the First Kings|last=Midant-Reynes|first=Béatrix|publisher=Blackwell Publishers|year=|isbn=|location=Oxford|pages=|quote=|via=}}</ref>
