Republic of Egypt

State · 1953–1957 CE · at its largest around 1953 CE

Egypt after the abolition of its monarchy in 1953, led by the Free Officers under Muhammad Naguib and then Gamal Abdel Nasser. Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal triggered the Suez Crisis of 1956.

On its lands while it lasted

Naguib Mahfouz (1911 CE – 2006 CE): Egyptian novelist known for the Cairo Trilogy, the first Arabic-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1988.
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 CE – 1970 CE): Egypt's leader from 1954 until his death, a champion of Arab nationalism who nationalized the Suez Canal and built the Aswan High Dam.
Suez Crisis (1956 CE): After Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, Israel, Britain and France invaded; pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union forced them to withdraw.