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The Past of Ancient Egypt In a Nutshell

The long past Egyptian civilization is a fascinating one, and you will be hard pressed to find someone to disagree with you. Ancient Egypt today is located in Africa, at the northwest area.

The Nile River, usually just called the 'Nile', passed through the middle of the culture. The northern part was known as Lower Egypt, and the southern part as Upper Egypt - a fact which has lead to some confusion among visitors. The Nile is recognized as the longest river in the world, but some scientists find that there is a chance that the Amazon River located in South America may be a slight amount longer.

Specifically there are three separate sections, or periods of time that Egyptian past can be divded up into. These are known as the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the Modern Kingdom. Each period has specific facts which are unique to it, and are best learned and studied on their own.

The kingdoms of ancient Egypt were under the rule of the Pharaoh at the time, and in fact the ancient Egyptian people themselves held the strong belief that somehow their gods were responsible for choosing each Pharaoh, thus the people could rest soundly at sun down, knowing that all was well. In fact, the government of ancient Egypt can be mentioned as the first national government in the world, and people referred to as viziers, who were officials assigned to the Pharaoh, also helped to rule.

The Egyptian culture, like the Sumerian culture, had a language and writing style of their own. A Papyrus leaf was used to make paper - thus defining the source of the idiom, paper!

A lot of people find the ancient civilizations, Egyptian in particular, to be profoundly mysterious as a result of the spectacular massive monuments, most significantly the Great Pyramid at Giza, very near to Cairo, that remain to this day.

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