1. What is the culture that you chose to research? I chose to do my research over Egypt because I haven’t really ever looked into the culture because I figured it was nothing more than mummies, hieroglyphics and the ancient pyramids. Let’s not forget the scorching deserts that is mostly inhabited by, which I believed was the only type of landscape that existed for the country. I stand corrected regardless of all the movies I’ve seen and video games I’ve played that showed this countries blistering
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Hanna: How does the geography of your land impact the villagers? Farmer: The fertile soil provides us with a place to plant crops, and the deserts, cataracts, and deltas provide us with protection from outside invaders. We also have the gift of the Nile, with is where we get our drinking water. The hot, dry climate allows us to build statues that will last for a long time. Without the Nile and some of the geographical features of our land, it would be hard to survive in our desert country.
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The Nile river was probably one of the most important things for ancient egyptians. It gave them necessities, and without the river, they would have never existed. The Nile river was ran from lower egypt all the way to upper egypt. Like the famous Greek historian, Herodotus, said, “Egypt... is, so to speak, the gift of the Nile.” The egyptians were very thankful to the Nile river. They worshipped the river and used the river’s water to farm. First off, the Nile river was part of the egyptians religion
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Great Pyramids of Dahshur 5/2/16 Western Civilization Ms. Nasiadka LH137080 Around five-thousand years ago the first pyramid (there are 4 types; bent, straight, step, smooth) of Egypt was built, it was the largest building of this time, and known as the Step Pyramid of Djoser, who was the king of Egypt at the time, and became an example for historical pyramids, including the Great Pyramids of Giza, and the less well known of Dahshur. The Great Pyramids of Dahshur were built in the 4th century
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Ancient Egypt was one of the great “river civilizations”. China and the Yangste, India and the Indus, Mesopotamia and the Tigris-Euphrates River, and Egypt and the Nile were labeled the four “river civilizations” because of the immense impact the Nile had on the Egyptian people. Egypt, at that time, was a powerful civilization. Their empire lasted thousands of years, beginning in 2920 BCE with the first pharaoh. But to become the prosperous civilization they became, the ancient Egyptians greatly
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Rachael Dickson CRN: 18430 Leon Fisher 9 September 2015 Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Impacts on Modern Life Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian have brought many valuable traits to modern civilization. They had a structured lifestyle that worked very well and were sophisticated for their time. Bringing a multitude of new found thoughts and creativeness into their era. The Egyptians developed ideas like theocracy and archaeology. Whereas Mesopotamia thrived in literature, social order, and
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Although the establishment of the ancient Egyptian and ancient Chinese civilizations began in two different continents, their development shares many similarities. Like many ancient civilizations, they began near water sources, as water is the most essential substance to human existence. The ancient Egyptian civilization settled near the Nile River, whereas the ancient Chinese civilization settled near the Yellow river, where the soil was fertile, which would lay the foundations for agriculture.
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There are many contributions from Egypt that have affected civilization. Some contributions and inventions we still use today. The Egyptian concoctions that stood out and made a difference on development around the word were pyramids, hieroglyphics, and obelisks. Pyramids were one of the many of the important inventions that made an influence lifestyle everywhere. They were used when a pharaoh (or on some occasions the pharaohs queen) died as a gravestone. In addition, pyramids were designed with
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Mankind will never understand all of the enigmatic secrets of Ancient Egypt. But, even today, archaeologists are slowly gathering bits and bits of pieces to the puzzle. In the articles, “New discoveries in Ancient Egypt,” by reporter Bryan Brown and ,”Curse of the Pharaohs,” by archaeologist Zahi Hawass, both convey how each piece to the puzzle, is crucial to the evocation to the lives of the people who lived in Ancient Egypt. But, they show the historical importance in different ways. The
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Cleopatra, the “World’s First Celebrity” Cleopatra was an interesting pharaoh; her life was constantly filled with romance and drama. This last pharaoh was born in 69 BC and died in 30 BC. She ruled during the New Kingdom for 21 years. Cleopatra committed suicide, yet historians are not sure how. Most people believe that she held an venomous asp, an Egyptian snake, up to a part of her body and the snake bit her. Since her stories have lots of romance and seduction, two very significant stories
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