Dec 25, 2009

Salem on History | Egypt’s Aswan High Dam Is Dedicated

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Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics, Environmental Issues
Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
Geographical Location: Egypt, Middle East
Date: January, 1971

Article abstract: The centerpiece of Egypt’s ten-year development plan and a monument to President Nasser’s achievements, the Aswan High Dam created serious environmental problems.

Summary of Event

Located four miles south of the ancient Egyptian city of Aswan, the Saad el-Aali, or Aswan High Dam, was the centerpiece of President Abdul Gamal Nasser’s ten-year economic development plan, launched in 1960. The plan was designed to industrialize and modernize predominantly agricultural Egypt, an impoverished country that in the 1950’s had only...

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Salem on History | Egypt’s Aswan High Dam Is Dedicated

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Summary of Event

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