Category: The Story of Mankind
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I am going to take you to the top of the highest pyramid and I am going to ask that you imagine yourself possessed of the eyes of a hawk. Way, way off, in the distance, far beyond the yellow sands of the desert, you will see something green and shimmering. It is a valley…
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The river Nile was a kind friend but occasionally it was a hard taskmaster. It taught the people who lived along its banks the noble art of “team-work.” They depended upon each other to build their irrigation trenches and keep their dikes in repair. In this way they learned how to get along with their…
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The history of humanity is the record of a hungry creature in search of food. Wherever food was plentiful, thither people have travelled to make their home. The fame of the Valley of the Nile must have spread at an early date. From the interior of Africa and from the desert of Arabia and from…
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Egyptians invented writing, preserving history and communication. Their phonetic system, hieroglyphics, influenced future civilizations and transformed record-keeping for generations.