Egypt Geography - The Straightest Borders In The World

A run down on each of Egypts borders, and how straight line borders aren't as bad as your figure
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[@FOLIPE]

Literally drawing a line in the sand.

[@ibx2cat]

haha!

[@SleepyJoeFlorida]

Is that where the saying comes from?

[@talentlesscommentermdxxvii9419]

@@SleepyJoeFlorida Don't think so.

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

@@ibx2cat haha!

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

@@SleepyJoeFlorida yes

[@ala0284]

Egypt’s population density is my second favourite map... apart from number of Eiffel towers per South American country of course

[@monkescary1874]

R/technicallythetruth

[@josephpaterson8274]

"egypt is the place where egyptians came from"

[@adaaam37]

Joseph Paterson I mean, he's not wrong.

[@snorf525]

??? i thought it was israel wtf

[@donald06]

woah

[@justyouraverageketchupkons7298]

@snorf no stupid its northern cyprus 🇨🇾

[@asheep7797]

Wait, not Ethiopia?

[@Marwan-tx5nb]

Egypt was the first 'country' on the planet with almost the exact same borders through its entire history. So basically, Egypt existed as it is way before the British Empire ever existed.

[@ii-ux5xf]

Not really. Tho Most of the Egypt was based on the Nile river, then and now. This river is most of Egypt

[@cardenuovo]

Not in that shape though. But yeah it is the oldest continuous civilization, or at least one of the oldest.

[@FullaEels]

"This desert is just a fresh pizza" - toycat

[@binancehighlights4038]

When I was at Taba, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, my mobile operator was recognizing me in 3 different countries (Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia) during my walk inside rooms of my hotel number. I recieved tons of SMS with greeting me in new country few dozens time per day

[@zombieat]

weird you got saudi arabia but not jordan. jordan is much closer to taba.

[@ahmedelsayed7411]

@@zombieat Yes Jordan much more near than saudi

[@theAstra_]

If it’s not too complex, could you do Cyprus? I get the gist of why the borders are why it is, but I would like to know a bit more about it

[@snowcold5932]

>Egypt >Straight borders *Bir Tawil intensifies*

[@porcupinedemapper3913]

Snowcold lol,

[@mohiyabonaem6419]

That's not the original borders these borders made by UK

[@dangerousfreedom4965]

8:25 the Nile flows north ending in the Mediterranean not South to Sudan.

[@RoccosVideos]

Do the country with the gayest borders next.

[@RoccosVideos]

My comment was definitely a joke, and I’m glad it was taken that way. Thanks for liking my comment. I love your channel. I appreciate you being objective in general but especially about the US. I’m American and I know we have our issues but I’m glad you haven’t bought into the “let’s hate America” trendy attitude so many Europeans have. We all dislike our government here and hate Trump even more. Plus half of Americans hate the direction we are going in, maybe you can do a video on how divided the US really is... anyway... I’m looking forward to future videos, keep up the good work. Also I just want to say the last time I went to Europe, I went to five countries and loved them all. British people are the easiest to relate to (we speak the same language) but I really love the Netherlands and especially France a lot. : )

[@FlopFan69]

Dunkleosteus no1 hates Trump trump is great

[@FlopFan69]

David Forster Trump isn't a clown

[@FlopFan69]

David Forster at least he's dealing with things that really matter like Obama never made any progress with north Korea in 2 terms but Trump hasn't even served half a term and peace talks are already coming about

[@FlopFan69]

David Forster well he is NOT a politician so

[@mxl3009]

So Egypt has some of the least gay borders in the world.

[@apollotheimpaler5407]

and some of the least gay people because it's illegal here c:

[@Ibody-oz5oj]

Apollo The Impaler It is only illegal on paper, do u really think that the cops can arrest u for being "Gay" :/?

[@apollotheimpaler5407]

Ibody12 12 They literally do lol. I live here.

[@Ibody-oz5oj]

Apollo The Impaler I live here as well, i just find it weird that they will arrest somebody for being Gay!

[@Ibody-oz5oj]

old tv remote yeh ik, it is sad

[@muhammadabulyazid9944]

Actually there is a border crossing called Qastal opened between Egypt and Sudan . And there is a lot of crossing between us but definitely not man made like Darb Al-Arba'ien a very famous ancient road linking Egyptian Asyut to Sudanese Al-fashir . Plus there are few crossings at Hala'ieb but the roads are not in Asphalt and mainly used by camel trade .

[@Hilja1suus]

Egypt: nice village you got there, would be a shame if someone were to.... FLOOD IT

[@zombieat]

the sudanese did the same. they have 8 different dams. so did the ethiopians. they have many many dams.

[@skippy2879]

Is it possible to have a straight line border on a curved earth?

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

David Skipsey Illuminati: Don't move!

[@thesuomi8550]

David Skipsey I guess it goes through the earth then

[@waaey4925]

Dustin Keil TROLL DETECTED

[@PeterAuto1]

yes, on a sphere all straight lines are lying on greater circles. so lines of longitude are straight but line of latitude (except of the equator) are not.

[@ii-ux5xf]

No, luckily it isn't curved, cuz it is flat

[@TheDigitalNerd]

"Europe and Africa it's a mess but there you go, there's one border crossing"

[@Maebbie]

You may not care about your second channel, but I do. I hope you wont run out of countries.

[@hectorvega621]

Maebbie Don't worry Colonization of Mars, will keep people occupy.

[@slamwall9057]

Do Cubas borders

[@JessicatMC]

I forgot how fun and interesting ibx2cat videos were. Shoot, now I have like a year's worth of vids to catch up on!

[@zoot7981]

I love dis series

[@treehugger8021]

Great video as usual, id love to see something about the geography of Indonesia

[@dreisaum9916]

my favourite series on YT 😏

[@omarmohamedelsayed7842]

I'm an Egyptian and I'm surprised you did a video about Egypt @ibx2cat

[@outdatedtank4542]

You know the suez crisis was in 1956

[@thesuomi8550]

Do north korean borders next

[@ibx2cat]

Just lots of screaming noises haha - I actually am planning to cover north korea, it's tricky because both China and south Korea obscure their maps

[@MarcusMaximillianAugustus]

you're the best! I tell randoms irl about this channel

[@mattwarren69]

Belgium and the netherlands have some weird enclave stuff going on I believe the area is called baarle- nassau ( Im sure this is not the correct spelling! ) apparently there are some highly contested borders between them , so much so that one house has the border running straight through the middle of it!. you can watch tv in the lounge in Belgium then pop into the kitchen next door and cook dinner in the netherlands!

[@yoolka05]

awesome video, thank you

[@ibzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

hi I'm from sudan and there is actually a border crossing between sudan and egypt it's in a small town called Argeen I think there are other crossings but I'm not sure :)

[@kolorowajosia]

do u have merch lol this yt channel is my ultimate favourite hahahaha love it

[@austinpierce2866]

You actually can’t claim Bir Tawill. No one claims it, but it isn’t Terra Nullis. It’s basically like Egypt and Sudan both agree it belongs to one of them and won’t let anyone claim it

[@Laflamme78]

Austin Pierce They agree that both of them have the right to claim it, just neither does.

[@gun10ck]

Will you continue the Middle East conversation and talk about the other borders of middle eastern countries?

[@neville1311]

Controversal thumbnail if look at the border of Egypt on the bottom right

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

2:20 Egypt may straddle two continents geographically. Geologically however, the Sinai Peninsula's on the African Plate, the Jordan Valley separating Asia.

[@dracovenit9549]

Great job brother!! I'm a Kiwi btw.

[@bills1967]

you should do Somalia. Interesting history of the border.

[@yotsura2109]

Do Algeria!

[@TheWalrusWasDanny]

I crossed at Taba in January 1985. Danny

[@stenbak88]

If you care about toycats second channel let me and toycat hear you

[@execat]

I don't even know what his first channel is, but I am subscribed with bell icon on this one.

[@subrje5546]

Anuj More me to

[@FlopFan69]

Anuj More same

[@alahijani]

He toycat, do a video on the Iran/Turkey/Iraq border. It's the oldest border in the Middle East. It virtually hasn't changed since the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab between the Persians and the Ottomans.

[@psd_seth]

What program do you to use to record these videos? Could you recommend a good free screen recorder?

[@ibx2cat]

OBS currently, about to change though

[@someone-yw2qw]

the part you talked about at the beginning that no one owns is now actually a new country in the making its called the yellow mountain kingdom they aim to build it with refugees so it's a win-win I hope they actually succeed

[@jasonfischer8946]

So, basically, two childish countries are literally fighting over a whole lot of nothing.

[@subrje5546]

Jason Fischer egypt and...? sudan or libya? btw fun story ibx2camp forgoy: israel once claimed taba because the peace deal wasn't clear about what they should do with it. egypt asked hauge, hauge decided egypt and israel just sold all the hotels to egyptian owners and left.

[@jasonfischer8946]

Ef Po Sudan. Not relevant. Just blowing off steam?

[@Amghannam]

Two childish countries.. Egypt: Thousands of years old, USA: Couple hundred of years old, if we're child you're still a new born.

[@hoticeparty]

Yep look at canada and denmark i believe fighting over that rock in artic ocean

[@jasonfischer8946]

@@Amghannam Then Egypt should be setting a better example for the youngsters.

[@abdelhakwinston6200]

7:55 sudan is digging that egypt right in it

[@zombieat]

in the real world that salient does not exist because egypt enforces the 1899 border instead of the 1902 border shown on google maps.

[@InLoveWithAngelR]

Just to shed light on the border between Egypt & Israel, by my own experince, it's very easy to be crossed by foot. No problems with any of the sides. It's a piece of cake.

[@whynotjustmyusername]

You actually don't need international recognition to be a country, just a territory, permanent population, government and the ability to communicate with other governments. Articles 1 and 3 of the Montevideo Convention on the rights and duties of states of 1933.

[@ibx2cat]

only signed by 16 countries, and signed back in 1933 so I don't know if it's so valid in the modern world

[@whynotjustmyusername]

We are talking about "technically", not about "practically". Obviously, if I founded a country down there and Egypt decided it would send me its first diplomatic message in the form of a mortar round, then there'd be that :P (I really just wanted to be that guy)

[@ibx2cat]

Thanks for admitting it, I learned something new from reading about the convention so it's all good for us both :)

[@whynotjustmyusername]

Lin Gu That is precisely my point: You CAN start your own country even without being willing to fight a war... you just can't expect it to survive for long or be recognized in the first place.

[@jake_isnotcool]

Could some international treaty not be devised so that, whichever side gets the Hala'ib triangle (I'm presuming Sudan as the people identify as Sudanese) also gets Bir Tawil, so that it isn't terra nullius?

[@Amghannam]

No. Also Bir Tawil is NOT terra nullis. It belongs to either Egypt or Sudan, but none officially claims it. No third part can claim it though, only Egypt and Sudan can.

[@nrubikk8595]

How did you spend 20 minutes on 3 (mostly) straight borders

[@michaelfisher9267]

"Hello, I'm Sokyam Hokenback." I have no idea what you are saying at the beginning.

[@estebanduvanzzDelgado]

Does the fence continue within the sea? Because I saw the border stretching out of the land a little bit

[@blast1520]

no it doesnt also at the border we (israel) have an sea thing to spectate the sea from down and above it its cool but no exciting fish anymore

[@subrje5546]

Esteban V lol

[@EASYTIGER10]

If a pizza has mould on it, you shouldn't be eating ANY of it

[@MarcusMaximillianAugustus]

booo!

[@Lazris59]

America is such an anomaly in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to history of land/boarders. I once saw a book that had a title called something along the lines of "Americas history of land" or something, IDR. But when I read the back, it talked about how America never really had anyone to oppose their acquisition of land or any border to have disputes with or fights (Other than native americans and mexico, but they were heavily outmatched IIRC). So while Europeans were fighting each other over land, America was struggling to just populate it. The fairly straight border with Canada is quite odd, but we are so close culturally and all that it's never been an issue and is unlikely to ever be. Also, this was very fascinating because my gf had told me once that a guy went to some unclaimed land in the Sahara Desert to make a kingdom so his daughter could be a princess. My initial reaction was "What? There's no unclaimed land left on earth" and now I see, I was wrong... lol

[@mandalada6354]

Actually Bir Tawil has technically been claimed by some American. He calls it "The Kingdom of North Sudan" and Disney bought the movie rights to the story. You heard it here first, Disney's first African Disney Princess might be white. I think this deserves its own video

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

Rule 43 really does cover everything, even borders

[@Cybernaut551]

The Canadian-US border is pretty much a straight line in some places but it's not perfect.

[@PurPurDot]

Technically it’s a curved border but on most maps it looks straight

[@goldenfoxa1810]

Do the borders of Somalia all it's borders are with enemy countries except for Djibouti

[@uyuman1]

Everybody like Djibouti.

[@goldenfoxa1810]

uyu man I mean who wouldn't

[@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment]

Somalia doesn't border Djibouti...Somaliland borders Djibouti

[@goldenfoxa1810]

william mancilla somaliland is not a real country

[@grahamturner2640]

golden foxa According to every other country.

[@Ron.S.]

1 - there's also the Nitzana border crossing but I think now it's mostly used by lorries carrying goods. 2- the Taba border crossing is actually very friendly and even has a tiny duty free shop :) If you visit Eilat in Israel but want to save some money and stay in a luxury hotel for very little, you cross over to Hilton Taba. 3 mins taxi ride. Then you can also continue further south with a nice Beduin taxi driver who will drop you off on some nice beach. Recommended 3- btw the fence was built to stop illegal immigrants from Sudan entering Israel. I think about 100,000 Sudanese managed to enter Israel in a duration of just a few years. Israel can't send them back because a - there's no peace agreement between the countries and b - if they will send them back, the Sudanese army will kill them... Looks like it cost a fortune to build though. For a small country of 8 million it's probably worth it BUT It still doesn't make it humanitarian.

[@mohamedsoliman7345]

pretty informative, thanks ❤️❤️

[@Ron.S.]

Mohamed Soliman you're welcome mate ;)

[@subrje5546]

Mohamed Soliman thats right. i live in israel and you are right. how do you know all that? are you also israeli? שלום!

[@Ron.S.]

I've been to Israel and Egypt twice. I like to ask questions :) ... and I've also seen it with my own eyes... shalom. Salam aleikum!

[@chlorophyllphile]

what about the two small roads/paths between libia and egypt? 29.779957, 24.830889

[@Amghannam]

What about the entire desert lmao, you just cross by 4x4 and you're in. Or by camel, whatever.

[@zombieat]

@@Amghannam you better stock up on gas and water otherwise you'll be stuck there and *** of thirst.

[@utilemeroyt8959]

Yay Iam Egyptian and that sucks

[@riddlie787]

Its straight becus Britain was gay and created Sudan, so Egypt naturally opposed the UK’s gayness.

[@hi4931]

6:54 lol you said the uk is a super power

[@burtpenguin]

am I the only one who watches his second channel only, instead of his main channel?

[@belgianhetalian7149]

Funny I Just finnished a book about Isreal and Egypt and the borders wheir part of the book to

[@abiplaysx]

💜

[@mjwiaa]

Hey, funny thought. Does anyone else agree that the Egypt, Sudan, Lybia, Chad border looks like the Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California State borders?

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

6:41 ehm... Superpower... UK... Russia... At least Russians can secure their borders and not let others use forbidden chemicals in their territory...

[@theducc3203]

Jesus Christ do you even know what superpower means?

[@mybumbrash]

Since this video is about Egypt. Recognise Palestine if Egypt recognises Palestine.

[@ibx2cat]

not a bad system, but the whole Palestine thing is just something too hot to touch anyway

[@mybumbrash]

ibx2cat so when you talk about Israel don't call it a country and when you talk about Jordan you do. It avoids you being perceived as bias or of political opinion.

[@FlopFan69]

Andrew C nobody recognizes Palestine bc Palestine isn't real, Israel is widely recognized.

[@mybumbrash]

Over 70% of full UN member countries recognise Palestine. And since we are talking about it, we both agree what it's borders are, we both agree what people are "Palestinian" and we both agree what government runs Palestine, Palestine is real.

[@FlopFan69]

Andrew C if u really believe that look up Palestine on a map u won't see it

[@randomname5585]

fun fact: there there is an on going consturction on a bridge "the king Salman bridge" between saudi arabia and egypt meanting there going to be a land crossing in the near future

[@subrje5546]

Random Name yes but saudi arabia has no diplomatic ties to israel and building that bridge without asking israel first is a violation of the peace agreement between israel and egypt.

[@randomname5585]

+Ef Po you honestly think saudi arabia gives a fuck about what isreal thinks or their "treaty" what the fuck is isreal going to do about? bomb it? that will prompt a response attack by the 2nd strongest air force in the middle east plus saudi arabia has the same lobby power in us as isreal...

[@javierpowell4705]

For Bir Tawil.... What if i owned a coorporation and payed Sudan to use it's side of that Nubian Village lake and pump water to Bir Tawil using a paid for Libya Like water system. Then, using the water i start irrigation on the surface while underground i start excavating a city into the rock for people. I dont know what the country would export for gdp. I guess stone, industrial goods, and Excess agriculture but it wont do much to get the country out of debt from paying for the water pumping unless it gets really succesful

[@theturkanabus3610]

it's simple. Open a casino. And charge no tax. people will come in droves

[@brownbear3166]

Ibx2cat how did you get KZbin viewers?

[@ibx2cat]

no idea

[@yamadaic5014]

Do Azerbaijan!

[@sillylittleinternetperson3932]

egypt

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

Equatorialguinea?

[@r.blakehole932]

Egypt and Israel do not get along very well. Hmmm. Well, they have not been shooting each other since 1979 so, compared to times prior to 1979 they are doing very well now. Don't rock that boat!!!!

[@Amghannam]

I guess he's talking more population than official government relations.

[@ii-ux5xf]

@@Amghannam some population still hate Israel, but not many. There are no problems of Israelis to go and travel in Egypt, and a lot of them do that an go to Sinai

[@Amghannam]

@@ii-ux5xf Most Arabs and Muslims hate Israel. And definitely most of us Egyptians do. Sinai is an exception.

[@ii-ux5xf]

@@Amghannam yeah... That is their problem though

[@abdulrahmanbakr2706]

@@ii-ux5xf where did you get that information from? Roughly 99.9% of us Egyptians hate zionist colonisers

[@Roach-community]

There’s literally no videos under this. it’s just blank so I have to search up another thing I guess.

[@hshdss1318]

Saying that egypt flooded those villages intentionally is either disingenuous or completely ignorant. The villages got flooded because of a dam that was built to stop the nile from flooding every year.

[@levoGAMES]

What if I become a politician and claim the land for my country? We could build a military air base or a gigantic refugee camp. Or a nuclear waste deposit.

[@thetruekingofeire1271]

I found my plan for the future. New British colony coming up.

[@Amghannam]

lol no you can't. It belongs to either Egypt or Sudan, but none officially claims it. No third party will be allowed to claim it though.

[@levoGAMES]

@@Amghannam Who determines that if it's owned by nobody?

[@Amghannam]

@@levoGAMES Both Egypt and Sudan. I'm Egyptian. If you as a third oarty try to claim Bir Tawil, next day you'll have the Egyptian army knocking at your door, as it is technically still administered by Egypt, just not officially, nor on maps.

[@WolfGamer2000YT]

NO COMMENTS??? YOU MUST COMMENT THAT ISRAEL BUILD A WALL FOR EGYPT LIKE TRUMP

[@sohomchatterjee]

Well they are kind of founding fathers of geometry.

[@ray_1053]

*Sees Kingdom of North Sudan* Press x to pay respects

[@hamzakhamlichi190]

Was gonna retweet the vid.... but second channel... dont care 😆

[@ibrahimahmad3917]

I am Sudanese

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

The corner isnt a 90 degree angle because the earth is a globe.

[@lukedetering4490]

If Trump were Israeli: Trump: We will build a wall to keep those Egyptian mummies out.

[@samyahmed46]

Luke Detering ,,, yeah because egyptian love to migrate to Israel,,,, welcome to plant earh

[@frogxi6000]

haHAA

[@mdm6582]

Samy Ahmed talk about yourself por favor

[@mdm6582]

Luke Detering those mummies has a longgggg history about 7000 year and an ancient civilization. And isreal?? tell me some lies that's u isreali ppl

[@samyahmed46]

ΛΉMΣD MΛΉΣЯ No i speak in behalf of all Egyptians,,,, they do not love Israel ,,,, so they do not want to live in it ,,,,, that is the truth ,,,, sorry

[@erinkolta1311]

IM Egyptian..

[@highlyvurgultis3706]

I'll call the land Chakoburia, simple as that.

[@jamesecho3574]

Straightest states In the world... Sees Colorado. Checkmate, other states

[@abdulrahmanhamada2317]

💯 million people

[@jacksucksatstatess1029]

Its actually Canada.

[@gagoimaliu]

isnt egyp technically a trans continental country? its mostly in africa but the sinai pennensiula is considered a part of the middle east is it not? and the ME is in Asia

[@Amghannam]

Yes, correct. I'm Egyptian

[@zombieat]

the african part of egypt is also considered part of the middle east.

[@eyreland]

Dump ALL incumbents.

[@jahiemjones2899]

So does Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming don't exist

[@cran7731]

Borders are like moldy pizza

[@thompson_papa]

watching this videos cuz i never heard of homosexual borders between countries

[@sahki5565]

1000th view

[@antoinefarag5393]

I am from Egypt Egypt own all of Sudan

[@slimevsgamingmcgta5andmore164]

11th

[@uzzyonline]

Thanks to the British

[@isaid788]

I th0ught it was Libya

[@joeprendergast2504]

Love the videos, but please try and slow down your rate of speech a bit! You'll sound much clearer

[@uncoolchris9636]

North America takes notes

[@thatcoolkidjoey]

There is two crossings from Egypt to Israel