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Egyptians. Demographics of Egypt. Egyptian diaspora, Languages of Egypt, Egyptian Arabic, Coptic language, Population history of Egypt, Ancient Egypt, History of ancient Egypt, History of Ptolemaic Egypt, Egypt (Roman province), History of modern Egypt, History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty, Culture of Egypt ... Read more

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The broad stretch of desert which extends from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean across Africa and Western Asia, almost to the foot of the Zagros mountain range, is pierced in one ^lace only by a thin thread of verdure. A single stream, issuing from the equatorial regions, has strength to penetrate the "frightful desert of interminable scorching sand,"1 and to bring its waters safely through two thousand miles of arid, thirsty plain, in order to mingle them with the blue waves of the Mediterranean. It is this fact which has produced Egypt. The life-giving fluid on its way through the desert, spreads verdure and fertility along its course on either bank ; and a strip of most productive territory is thus created, suited to attract the attention of such a being as man, and to become the home of a powerful nation. Egypt proper is the land to which the river gave birth,4 and from which it took name,3 or, at any rate, that land to a certain distance from the Mediterranean ; but, as the race

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Geography of Egypt Boundaripsr Dimensions, and Character of the Country Proportion of cultivable Territory Depeitil-ence on the Nile Course of the Nile-its Tributaries-Time and Causes of the Inundation Chief Divisions of the Territory: the Nile Valley; the Delta; the Fayoum; the Eastern Desert; the Valley of the Natron Lakes Character of the adjoining Countries ; CHAPTER II; CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS; Climate of Egypt-of the Nile Valley-of the Eastern Highland Vegetable Productions-Indigenous Trees and Plants- Plants anciently cultivated Indigenous Wild Animals- Domesticated Animals Birds, Fi6h, Reptiles, and Insects Mineral Products , 23; chapter; III; THE PEOPLE AND THEIR NEIGHBORS; The Egyptians of Asiatic Origin-Immigrants from the East- Not a colony from Ethiopia-Proof of this-So far peculiar as to constitute a distinct Race-Their Complexion dark, but not black-their Hair not woolly Description of their Featu ... Read more

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An introduction to the 4000-year history of ancient Egypt from predynastic times to the end of the Ptolemaic period (30BC). The work contains a new introduction since its first publication as "The Egyptian Kingdoms" in 1975. The opening chapter gives a summary of the history of ancient Egypt. Two chapters follow on the rediscovery of this almost forgotten civilization by the scholars among Napoleon's invasion forces, by later travellers and explorers and by the professional scholars and archaeologists of today. Later chapters examine the civilization of ancient Egypt in greater detail and explain such topics as how the pyramids were built and how a corpse was mummified. Four visual stories portray the evolution of the pyramid, Akhenaten's royal city of Tell el-Amarna, the form and function of a temple and the story of Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Egyptology is a major field of archaeology, the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century. A practitioner of the discipline is an Egyptologist. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Constable in 1907 in 174 pages; Subjects: Egypt; History / Ancient / Egypt; History / Middle East / Egypt; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Middle East; Reference / Atlases; ... Read more

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Subtitle: Together With the State of the Religion, Laws, Arts, Sciences, and Government : From the First Settlement Under Mizraim, in the Year Before Christ 2188, to the Final SubGeneral Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1774Original Publisher: Printed for T. CasellSubjects: EgyptHistory / Ancient / EgyptHistory / Middle East / EgyptJuvenile Nonfiction / History / Middle EastTravel / Middle East / EgyptNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: Of GEOGRAPHY.H E geographical knowledge of thefe ages, cannot be fuppofed to be very extenfive ; particularly arriongft the Egyptians, whom fuperftition re' ftrained from venturing on the fea, and acquiring any farther knowledge of the diftance and fituation of countries, with refpect to themfelves, than what they collected from the vague reports of fuch as reforted to them. The firfl, and only certain account of their geography is given us by Mofes: he faya that m Jo- feph, at that time the prime minifter of Egypt, vifited the provinces of the Egyptian empire, to prepare them for the approaching famine 5 in which pere- Gen. xli. 46,grination, grinatioir, he undoubtedly difcovered, and found a method to afcertain the relative fituations of the different diftricts. The facred writer in his geographical account of the happy refidence of the parents of mankind, opens more fully to our view the extent of their geography : he fays it was in the " land of Eden, eaft of Egypt, through which flowed a grand river, which divided it- felf into four branches, watering countries fruitful in gold, bdellium, and the onyx-ftone: the firft river, called Pi/on, compafled the land of Havilah; the fecond, Gihon, compafled the whole land of Ethiopia ; t... ... Read more