A General History of the WorldE. Arnold, 1913 - 799 |
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... land of Egypt is the creation of the Nile , made and unmade every year by the inundation of the river . The country has had to be built up by increasing labour . The yearly rising of the Nile turned it into a huge lake in the morasses ...
... land of Egypt is the creation of the Nile , made and unmade every year by the inundation of the river . The country has had to be built up by increasing labour . The yearly rising of the Nile turned it into a huge lake in the morasses ...
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... land divided into administrative districts each with its own capital , its own god and its own standard , kept together mainly by a religious tie . There was a strong division into Upper and Lower Egypt , the north and the south , with ...
... land divided into administrative districts each with its own capital , its own god and its own standard , kept together mainly by a religious tie . There was a strong division into Upper and Lower Egypt , the north and the south , with ...
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... land and gold was kept by scribes to form a basis of taxation . Even the Thinites ' art made great progress ; stone was superseded by copper . Gold and precious stones became common . There was an elaborate calendar , a 6 [ TO 1580 B.C. ...
... land and gold was kept by scribes to form a basis of taxation . Even the Thinites ' art made great progress ; stone was superseded by copper . Gold and precious stones became common . There was an elaborate calendar , a 6 [ TO 1580 B.C. ...
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... land or lease it for a season . Eventually land could be in- herited or sold , and of this we have numerous records . The great officials became in time great land - owners , and huge estates came into existence , with their armies of ...
... land or lease it for a season . Eventually land could be in- herited or sold , and of this we have numerous records . The great officials became in time great land - owners , and huge estates came into existence , with their armies of ...
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Oscar Browning. other workers . Most of the land belonged to temples , which were built in great numbers by the kings of the Old Empire . The great god Ptah owed his divinity to his being the deity of the capital . The pyramids and ...
Oscar Browning. other workers . Most of the land belonged to temples , which were built in great numbers by the kings of the Old Empire . The great god Ptah owed his divinity to his being the deity of the capital . The pyramids and ...
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