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{{Quote|These are pre-[[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] ruins. They were already ancient history before humanity built the pyramids.|[[Spartan]] [[Olympia Vale]] comments on ruins on [[Sanghelios]], comparing them to the pyramids of Egypt to signify their great age.}} | {{Quote|These are pre-[[Covenant]] [[Sangheili]] ruins. They were already ancient history before humanity built the pyramids.|[[Spartan]] [[Olympia Vale]] comments on ruins on [[Sanghelios]], comparing them to the pyramids of Egypt to signify their great age.}} | ||
[[File:Sphinx.png|left|thumb|250px|The [[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]] and the [[Wikipedia:Giza pyramid complex|Pyramids of Giza]] during the time of Ancient Egypt.]] | [[File:Sphinx.png|left|thumb|250px|The [[Wikipedia:Great Sphinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]] and the [[Wikipedia:Giza pyramid complex|Pyramids of Giza]] during the time of Ancient Egypt.]] | ||
Ancient Egyptian civilization coalesced over 6,000 years ago<ref name="Founding" group="note">Egypt is thought to have been founded c. 3150 BCE. According to the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', however, by the 26th Century Egypt had been around for over 6,000 years, meaning it must have actually been established hundreds of years prior to this date.</ref> with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under its first pharaoh, Menes. Predominately native Egyptian rule lasted until the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the sixth century BCE. In 332 BCE, Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great conquered Egypt as he toppled the Achaemenids and established the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom, which was eventually annexed by Rome. After the Islamic conquest of Egypt, parts of it became provinces of successive caliphates and other Muslim dynasties until it was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire. Egypt fell under the control of the British Empire in 1882 but in 1953 the independent Arab Republic of Egypt was formed. After the unification of Earth's nations under the [[Unified Earth Government]], Egypt's strategic location became vitally important to the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="HE296"/> An [[orbital defense platform]] was constructed to orbit its capital city [[Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronously]]<ref name="HE294">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 294'' (2011)</ref> and when the [[Covenant]] [[Battle for Earth|attacked]] in [[2552]], ''[[Cairo Station]]'' served as flag headquarters.<ref>[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops]] #2</ref> | Ancient Egyptian civilization coalesced over 6,000 years ago<ref name="Founding" group="note">Egypt is thought to have been founded c. 3150 BCE. According to the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', however, by the 26th Century Egypt had been around for over 6,000 years, meaning it must have actually been established hundreds of years prior to this date.</ref> with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under its first pharaoh, Menes. Predominately native Egyptian rule lasted until the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the sixth century BCE. In 332 BCE, Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great conquered Egypt as he toppled the Achaemenids and established the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom, which was eventually annexed by Rome. After the Islamic conquest of Egypt, parts of it became provinces of successive caliphates and other Muslim dynasties until it was absorbed into the Ottoman Empire. Egypt fell under the control of the British Empire in 1882 but in 1953 the independent Arab Republic of Egypt was formed. In [[1945]], Egypt was a founding member of the [[United Nations]]. After the eventual unification of Earth's nations under the [[Unified Earth Government]], Egypt's strategic location became vitally important to the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="HE296"/> An [[orbital defense platform]] was constructed to orbit its capital city [[Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronously]]<ref name="HE294">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 294'' (2011)</ref> and when the [[Covenant]] [[Battle for Earth|attacked]] in [[2552]], ''[[Cairo Station]]'' served as flag headquarters.<ref>[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops]] #2</ref> | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||