The pharaohs were the rulers of ancient Egypt. They were very powerful. Hieroglyphs are another important part of ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs are a kind of picture writing. People used hieroglyphs to record important events and stories. 1. The pyramids were built for ___. A. the people B. ...
Timeline of ancient Egypt: when the pharaohs lived, when they built the famous pyramids and temples and how the civilization of ancient Egypt evolved.
This important agricultural festival takes place after all the crops have been gathered in. People celebrate to show that they are grateful for the year’s supply of food. In ancient Egypt, the harvest festival was celebrated during the springtime — the Egyptian harvest season...
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As a king, he spread Greek culture, thought, religion, and language from Greece throughout Egypt, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and India. This widespread Greek culture initiated the Hellenistic era. During his rule, he was able to fulfill his father’s Panhellenic project which aimed at the Greek...
Egypt has lengthy coasts on both the Mediterranean and Red seas. So it has long been an important center of trade and communication for Asia, Africa, and Europe. Its location became even more important when the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. The canal makes...
阅读理解In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh (法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.Shades of that spirit spread over...
Egypt was a rich country and had been conquered twice by the Achaemenids. The Persians conquered it in 525 BC at the Battle of Pelusium, led by King Cambyses II. When Egypt was conquered by the Persians, it was the largest empire in the world, and it became a province of the Persian...
poems used to record important events 4. It has been ___ since the unification of Egypt. A. less than 4000 years B. more than 5000 years C. more than 3000 years D. less than 2000 years 5. According to the passage which of the following is TRUE? A. Nubian and Bedouin fought togeth...
Agriculture wasextremely importantto ancient civilizations, as it still is today. Without sufficient crops, there isn’t enough food for humans to survive. Ox-Drawn Plow While not thought of in quite the same aspects as the tools we know today, the firstox-draws plowsappeared in Egypt as ear...