Full Definition of SCARCITY. : the quality or state of being scarce; especially: want of provisions for the support of life. See scarcity defined for English-language learners.
Egypt is a country in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea, and is among the oldest civilizations on earth. The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek Aegyptos which was the Greek pronunciation of the Egyptian name 'Hwt-Ka-Ptah' (which means House of the Spirit of Ptah, who was a very early God of the Ancient Egyptians).he great monuments which Egypt is still celebrated for reflect the depth and grandeur of Egyptian culture which influenced so many ancient civilizations, among them Greece and Rome. Evidence of overgrazing of cattle, on the land which is now the Sahara Desert, has been dated to about 8,000 BCE.
The name may alternatively be a linguistic corruption of the phonetically different ancient Egyptian word Ssp-anx (in Manuel de Codage). This name is given to royal statues of the Fourth dynasty of ancient Egypt (2575â2467 BC), and later in the New Kingdom (c. 1570â1070 BC) to the Great Sphinx more specifically. Medieval Arab writers, including al-MaqrÄ«zÄ«, call the Sphinx balhib and bilhaw, which suggest a Coptic influence.