Without the Nile River, Egypt today may not have existed. The Nile River helped shape Ancient Egypt’s diverse culture and various philosophies, which is what made it a very successful (if not the most successful) ancient civilization. The Nile did this in numerous ways such as allowing trave...
How long did the Egyptian empire last? How long did the Greek empire last? Read on to find the answers and learn about the lifespan of 55 civilizations! How Long Does a Civilization Last? Recently, I was talking with a colleague at work, and I mentioned that civilizations usually only ...
How Did Astronomy Affect Early Egypt? ient Egypt was an established civilization of Northeastern Africa. Located near the lower half of the Nile River, it was an extremely sophisticated civilization for its time. The Egyptians were especially intelligent in agriculture and infrastructure. They had pyr...
In Upper Egypt, he was readily worshipped as a benevolent god. Why was Seth required to change so drastically? How did he become the “bad guy” for the Egyptian pantheon? Let’s examine his story in full and see if we can understand the motive and process of this god’s epic downfal...
How did the Hittites influence Western Civilization? How did the Hittites dominate Mesopatamia? What was the role of the pharaoh in Ancient Egypt? What was built during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt? What role did Berbers play in African trade?
How did the Indus River Valley civilization end? What are three characteristics of Harappan culture? What caused the collapse of Harappan civilization? How was the Assyrian Empire created? How was Aryan culture different from Harappan culture?
"What's quite unique to Iran is that Iran retained its civilization and its language, while other languages made way for Arabic," Merhavy said. "Egypt and Lebanon and Syria - all these countries had different languages, right? But these languages became extinct with the coming of Arabic with...
The turmoil that brought an end to the Bronze Age also led to the collapse of the Hittite empire in Anatolia, the Mycenaean civilization in Greece and crippled ancient Egypt. For a long time, modern scholars blamed these myster...
next few pages, we'll study element number 79 on theperiodic tableand try to to understand the power it holds over our imaginations. Let's start by considering gold's long history, a journey that will take us from the dawn of civilization to the great gold rushes of the late 19th ...
Why Did Rome Fall? Pont du Gard, Roman Aqueduct, France.Karoly Lorentey This is easily the most argued question about the fall of Rome. The Roman Empire lasted over a thousand years and represented a sophisticated and adaptive civilization. Some historians maintain that it was the split into ...