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2
Mil. Years |
The
land extention of Sinai, Egypt, and Sauri Arabia has almost
been one part. Enormous ravages reformed this area soon apon
and left Sinai as a peninsular right between Egypt and the
Arabian peninsular.
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30.000
BC |
Prove
of probably the oldest settlement, found in
the north of Sinai. |
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3100
BC |
The
Egyptian history of dynasties begins
the way we know it today. From what we got handed down, this
was the date of the first dynasty,
where Menes unites two kingdoms in Egypt. |
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2500
BC |
A heterogeneous
nomadic horde from western Asia (called Hyksos)
crossed Sinai to invade Egypt. Throughout the Hyksos's occupation
there was no Egyptian activity found in the mines and quarries
of Sinai.
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1400
BC |
According
to the Biblical, Moses was wandering for many
decades in the region of Sinai. It is believed that - leading
approx. half a million Israelites - at Mount Sinai God spoke
to Moses. This is also the place that has drawn pilgrims for
more than a thousand years.
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332
BC |
Troops
of Alexander the Great marched through Sinai
in order to conquer Egypt.
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~0
AD |
Virgin
Mary with her child Jesus Christ
crossed Sinai escaping from and coming back to Palestine.
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~550 |
St.
Catherine's Monastery was constructed by order of the
Emperor Justinian
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1050 |
the
Arabs invaded Egypt and penetrated Sinai, where
most of the inhabitants were converted into Islam.
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1182 |
Salah
El Din marched with troups across Sinai, entering
Transjordan by the route of Aqaba.
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1517
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The
turkish Sultan Selim invaded Egypt via the coast
of Sinai. He built fortresses, filled them with Moorish soldiers,
who to protect pilgrims. In Acaba there are still descendants
of this race nowadays.
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1858 |
Saed
Pasha established a quarantine
for pilgrims in Tour city.
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1869 |
The
Suez Canal - between the Mediterranian Sea and
the Gulf of Suez is being opened with a length of 195 km.
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1910 |
Excavation
and digging for petrol started. In 1921, petrol was finally
discovered close to Abu Doria.
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1948-49 |
First
Arab-Israel War, including Jordan, Iraq,
Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.
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1956 |
As a
reaction of the Suez crisis and in coordination with the British
and French military, Israel is occupying Sinai.
In the same year (end of war), the UDSSR and the USA are forcing
Israel to return Sinai's territory to Egyptian control.
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1967 |
Six-Day-War,
an attack from Israel against Egypt on June 5th to June 11th.
By the end of this war Sinai is under Israeli control.
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1973 |
6th October
War (also Yom Kippur War), lead by Egypt
and Syria against Israel. Disengagement agreements finally
leaves Egypt with parts of the East Bank of the Suez Canal,
a zone stretching only a couple of kilometers into Sinai.
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1979 |
Peace agreement
between Egypt and Israel, forcing Israel to withdraw military
forces as well as disengaging settlements from Sinai until
1982.
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1982 |
Israel finishes
the Sinai withdrawal process. Multinational Force Observers
are installed to secure protection from Israeli or Egyptian
military activities.
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1983 |
Ras
Mohamed as the first and only Egyptian National
Park was declared with an area of 97km². Since
then it has been extended to 480km² and includes marine
and terrestrial areas (also on Tiran Island).
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1989 |
March 15th: the
small town of Taba, next to the Israeli border,
is being handed over to Egypt. Before this,
Egypt and Israel had tough negotiations throughout years,
since Israel saw the peace agreement of 1979 as not including
Taba.
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