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- 101: The Red Tent (all You Need To
- ... women like Dinah. Form, structure and plot The Red Tent is organized in a seemingly complicated yet beautifully simple way. There are three main sections; Dinah s mothers story, her childhood, and her life in Egypt. Each is further divided into chapters. Although the story is divided into sections, the plot progresses intact. The exposition consists of Jacob s arrival and subsequent marriages to Leah, Rachel, Zilpah and Bilhah. Twelve of ... Levi, two of Dinah s oldest brothers, enter the city of Shechem and murder all of the resident men, including Dinah s beloved husband, Shalem. Cursing her entire family, a pregnant Dinah is taken to Egypt by Shalem s mother, Re-nefer. In the rising action the child is born, a boy who Re-nefer names Re-mose and raises as her own. He becomes a superior Egyptian scribe, and is ... theme, however. Joseph, too, rises above the terrible treatment he receives from Simon and Levi, who sold him into slavery. He manages to defeat the odds and become one of the most powerful men in Egypt. This theme holds the truth that no sorrow is to great to be overcome, even in the modern world. Ilene Cooper of Booklist comments on this in her critical review: " Diamant makes readers see ...
- 102: Early Western Civilization
- ... debris, Weeks is convinced that there are more rooms on a lower level, bringing the total number to more than 100. That would make tomb 5 the biggest and most complex tomb ever found in Egypt, and quite conceivable the resting place of up to 50 sons of Ramesses II, perhaps the best known of all the pharaohs, the ruler believed to have been Moses’nemesis in the book of Exodus. The Valley of the Kings, in which Tomb 5 is located, is just across the Nile River from Luxor, Egypt. It is never exactly been off the beaten track. Tourism has been brisk in the valley for millenniums: graffiti scrawled on tomb walls proves that Greek and Roman travelers stopped here to gaze at the ... have seen, along with thousands of artifacts such as beads, fragments of jars that were used to store the organs of the deceased, and mummified body parts which tell historians a great amount about ancient Egypt during the reign of its most important king. "Egyptians do not call him Ramesses II," Sabry Abd El Aziz, director of antiquities for the Qurna region said. " We call him Ramesses al-Akbar which ...
- 103: Three Famous Writings
- Three of the most famous writings from ancient civilizations are the writings of Confucius, Hammurabi's code of laws, and Egypt's Book of the Dead. At first, they seem very different, they're from different times, regions, and religions, but they all offer a peek into what values ancient people considered important. One of the ... is fair that "If he has broken the limb of a patrician, his limb shall be broken" It's like in the Bible "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." In Egypt, in the Book of the Dead, a man couldn't proceed into the after life unless he was found innocent of any wrong doing on Earth. In Confucius' writings, he never actually says the word ... he built has fallen, and caused the death of the man's son, the builder's son shall be put to death." That quote shows a man's responsibility for himself and his family. In Egypt, during the ritual of the dead, it is said that the dead man, in order to pass into the afterlife, must profess that he has not done anything to hurt anyone. This shows responsibility ...
- 104: Mark Antony 2
- ... Cicero and kill him. Mark Antony s military career started when he was young. His first travels were to Syria where he was soon promoted to a Calvary Commander, and sent off to Judea and Egypt. Antony was later sent to Gaul where he served under Caesar. He was so superior to his peers that at the age of 22 he became Tribune of the People. Soon Antony became a quaestor ... Fulvia fled to Athens. Antony did not know of the incident and when he found out, he went to Athens to confront his wife. Fulvia became ill and died shortly thereafter. Antony went back to Egypt to tell Cleopatra of the news and then to Brundisium to end the altercation between him and Octavian. At Brundisium, Octavian gave his sister Octavia to Antony in return for the Province of Cisalpine Gaul ... willing to help. Once again tension between Antony and Octavian started to emerge. Antony told Octavian how he treated his sister Octavia. Octavian told the public Antony had been having children with Cleopatra and that Egypt was his country where he was getting his wealth. The final break up between Antony and Octavian was when Antony got so mad that he publicly divorced Octavia. Antony also gave his lands that ...
- 105: Anthony Vs Octavian
- ... curse placed by the Egyptian queen. Octavius spreads rumours that Antony was to move the capital from Rome to Alexandria, and that Rome would be subject to an alien queen. Distribution of Roman Territory to Egypt. Cleopatra and Caesarion (illegitimate son of Caesar), along with Antony's children were given Armenia, Media, Syria, Phoenicia, Cilicia, Cyrenaica. She was proclaimed Queen of Egypt. This restored much of the ancient Ptolemaic kingdom. Fears grow that Antony wants to co-rule the Roman Republic with Cleopatra from Alexandria. It was well known that Cleopatra desired an empire which was centred on Egypt. Complete loss of support. The donation of Roman territory to Cleopatra was not accepted by the Roman Senate. His previous supporters either supported Octavius, or left Rome to join his army for the impending ...
- 106: Islamic Terrorism
- ... relatively few people, the random nature by which innocent civilian are killed evokes a deep fear and insecurity upon the population. This form of terrorism was successfully used to target tourism and the economy of Egypt in 1997. Publicity is another benefit of terrorism. By involving acts which are designed to attract maximum publicity, terrorism can bring the smallest group to the forefront of attention.(22) All this is done while ... Hamas, Al-Gama'a ai-Islamiyyah, and the Hizballah. These organizations all seek the elimination of western and Jewish influence, and will not hesitate to do anything to prevent this. The Islamic Jihad Group , in Egypt, has been active since the late 70's, and currently includes two factions. The goal of these factions is to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state. To accomplish this, the ... attempted assassination of Prime Minister Atef Sedky and the 1993 car bombing of the World Trade Center(19). Al-Gama'a ai-Islamiyyah (The Islamic Group, IG) evolved from a phenomenon of Islamic prisoners in Egypt. After being released from prison in 1971, they began forming militant groups that operated separately but were loosely organized. These groups target police officers, liberal intellectuals, Coptic Christians, and tourism in order to hurt ...
- 107: The Suez Crisis of 1956: The War From Differing Viewpoints
- ... top Egyptian political men of the time and their interpretation of events. One such former diplomat dispelled any historical illusions which may have been created over time by saying in his memoirs, "(The fact was), Egypt had not won a military victory in 1956" Two days after the Israeli invasion, the Anglo-French troops entered the Suez Canal zone and started operation MUSKATEER in order to re-secure control of the ... had been an "abysmal failure" , another stating that it confirmed that British and French could not operate anything without superpower (read US) approval. One area of agreement throughout my sources was in the view that Egypt, who was apparently beaten in a humiliating fashion on the combat front in the war of 1956, had achieved a very significant political victory. Under the skillful handling of Nasser, the event was not just (another) military defeat, but a brave stand taken against the colonial powers that small but mighty Egypt had emerged virtually unscathed. One Arab source spoke as if Nasser understood the situation as helpless in the beginning due to massive foreign intervention- that at once on October 29 the Israeli-European collusion ...
- 108: Early Western Civilization, Egyptian tomb
- ... debris, Weeks is convinced that there are more rooms on a lower level, bringing the total number to more than 100. That would make tomb 5 the biggest and most complex tomb ever found in Egypt, and quite conceivable the resting place of up to 50 sons of Ramesses II, perhaps the best known of all the pharaohs, the ruler believed to have been Moses' nemesis in the book of Exodus. The Valley of the Kings, in which Tomb 5 is located, is just across the Nile River from Luxor, Egypt. It is never exactly been off the beaten track. Tourism has been brisk in the valley for millenniums: graffiti scrawled on tomb walls proves that Greek and Roman travelers stopped here to gaze at the ... have seen, along with thousands of artifacts such as beads, fragments of jars that were used to store the organs of the deceased, and mummified body parts which tell historians a great amount about ancient Egypt during the reign of its most important king. "Egyptians do not call him Ramesses II," Sabry Abd El Aziz, director of antiquities for the Qurna region said. " We call him Ramesses al-Akbar which ...
- 109: King Tut
- ... tombs were violated. Thieves stole anything they could get- even the statues of gods they worshipped. For more than a score of centuries, archeologists, tourists and tomb robbers have searched for the burial places of Egypt s pharaohs. Almost none of these tombs, storehouses of treasure, went undisturbed. Yet, in the royal valley, where pharaohs were buried for half a millennium, one tomb was virtually forgotten. This was the tomb of ... that was found inside the chamber was very abundant. There were various crowns including the Blue crown or Khepresh. This was sometimes incorrectly called a war helmet. The white crown was the crown of Upper Egypt, the Nemes was a headdress made of fabric that drapes the head and cascades down the upper part of the chest. The Red Crown is the crown of Lower Egypt. When used together, the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt are called the pschent. Jewelry included bracelets that were worn half way up the arm, the Usekh Collar, which was made of gold and ...
- 110: Moses, A Chosen Leader
- ... the others. An example of a superb leader is Moses in the Bible. Moses is viewed as a righteous man in God’s eyes and is chosen to lead the Hebrews out of oppression in Egypt. Contained in the story of Exodus are many examples of Moses’ sacrifices and the hardships he endured while freeing the Hebrews. The faith of Moses was tested numerous times throughout the story, and, in some ... The ultimate model of a great patriarch is Moses. The second book of The Bible, the book of Exodus, begins with the Egyptian’s decision to oppress the Hebrews who lived in the land of Egypt for 400 years. (The descendants of Joseph and his brothers) Although Moses was born a Hebrew, Moses grew up in the Pharaoh’s court and the Hebrews were jealous of him. The Egyptians didn’t ... willing to risk his life for his people and one day Moses saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew in the work-yard, and hastily killed the Egyptian with his bare hands. He then fled from Egypt to Midian, and found a wife with whom he had a son. Yet, Moses knew he would not settle down until he returned to Egypt to fulfill God’s prophecy. Important to Moses’ development ...
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