The Golden Age of Egypt

Egypt, 1230 AD[4]:

Gutenberg, 1240 AD[5]:

The 1250s saw another widening of the war, as Napoleon's diplomacy ensured England's help against the Iroquois.  Egypt remained the only neutral nation.  These good relations paid off when Egypt's western exploration mission encountered the Indians.  The leader of this strange western people was a small, bespectacled man named Ghandi, who offered communications with two other peoples - the Babylonians and the Americans.  Egyptian ambassadors quickly traveled back and forth to the peoples of the world, offering knowledge of these new peoples and updated maps of the world.  All in exchange for gold, of course.  The wealth of the world began flowing into Egyptian coffers[6].
 
These new peoples occupied a large continent almost the size of the entire Egyptian side of the world.  They appeared poor, however, as none of them were able to muster much gold to buy Egyptian maps and technology with.

America and the New World, 1250 AD:

Egypt continued watching the Romano-Iroquois War, which changed as Rome and the Iroquois signed a peace treaty with each other, but no one else.  Egyptian observers were treated to a spectacle as a lone Iroquois spear regiment outside Ptenetou held off multiple French knights before succumbing.  The Immortal Hapshetsut (may she be praised!), remembering Her military, scoured Egypt for sources of the wondrous saltpeter, but the scientists of the time told Her that there was none to be had.  The Immortal Hapshetsut (may she be praised!), merciful as ever, let these scientists keep their lives, but exiled them to a monastery to better ponder the mysteries of Isis.  Good news returned however, with the unmatched Gutenberg developing new theories of music and free artistry.
 
The 1200s were one of the great periods of Egyptian civilization.  Technological parity was reached with the rest of the world through the efforts of Gutenberg, and Egyptian traders became famous throughout the world, the wealth of which flowed into Egypt, fueling the construction of great banks and universities throughout the realm.  The great mining and irrigation projects had moved from the north to the south, which turned from a jungle wasteland into a fertile, productive area of the Republic.

Egypt, 1290 AD[7]:

The war, such as it was, appeared to be going the way of the Iroquois, as Germany failed to hold off the Iroquois troops in Dresden and Dortmund.  This was of some concern to the Immortal Hapshetsut (may she be praised!), but since Egypt and the Iroquois were trading partners and friends, She decided to let it be, and in fact made new trade deals with Hiawatha.  The German collapse[8] led Elizabeth, Napoleon, and Hiawatha to sign the Great Peace of 1325.  Bismark was left to the mercy of the militarily superior Iroquois.  Using irregularities in the peace treaty as a cover, Napoleon quickly turned around and declared war on Elizabeth.  The Immortal Hapshetsut (may she be praised!) began growing worried about her neighbor to the south, and began thinking about improving the Egyptian army.
 
In 1340, the Immortal Hapshetsut (may she be praised!) donned her ceremonial regalia and appeared before the people in Sebti.  There she proclaimed the Constitution of 1340, the first such in the world, which promised Egyptians democracy and freedom for all time.  Ten years later, Mer Etem became the site of a secondary capitol, and the first unit of Egypt's new defensive army was raised in Gutenberg.
 
In 1365, events in the north shook the world.  Iroquois units marched triumphantly through Berlin as Bismark and his cabinet fled to Frankfurt in the far west of Germany.  Egyptian observers with the Iroquois noted several important developments, including the secrets of cannon-making and cavalry training[9].  France, meanwhile, had little luck against the English, capturing only two small colonies near France.  By 1385, the war had ended.
 
In 1400, the Immortal Hapshetsut (may she be praised!) declared the end of the reclaimation of the Great Southern Jungle.  In fact, Egypt was entirely irrigated and mined, and great roads crisscrossed the land between the cities.  To preserve Egypt's natural heritage, the National Park Program was announced, wherein forests would be planted throughout Egypt for citizens to enjoy.   The great wonder races of the the 1300s were ending, with a great seaman named Magellan settling in France, but the great English playwright Shakespeare chose to settle in Siout, a great stock exchange built on Wall Street in Quatchai, another Englishman, Isaac Newton, constructed a university in Het Nekhen, and yet another Englishman named Adam Smith founded the great North Iroquois Company in Pi-Ramesses.  Also by this date, the Military Preparedness Campaign came to an end with increased guards on the border with France, and Egypt entered the Industrial Ages, among the first to do so.

Egypt, 1420 AD:

This year also saw the fall of the last continental German city to the Iroquois.   Bismark fled to the small island of Danzig in the bay between the former Germany and Rome.