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- 181: The Hellenistic Age
- ... termed "Hellenistic" - not purely Greek, because of all the towns under his control, it was a melting pot. After Alexander's death the empire was divided into three large portions each general taking a portion. Egypt under the general Ptolemy, who established the Ptolemies dynasty this was ruled with all the pomp and authority of the pharaohs. Second was the general Seleucus, who founded Seleucid dynasty consisting of Northern Syria and ... Koine (common) Greek, which became the new international language. The religion, art and literature were a cosmopolitan blend of Greek and native elements. Many new cities were founded, most important of which was Alexandria in Egypt. Under the Ptolemies, who used their wealth to attract poets, scholars, artists, and scientists, the city became a great economic, cultural, and religious center. A new institute of studying was encouraged during this time period ... and unobtrusively, by being kind, generous, learning to endure pain, and avoiding needless fears. The religion of the Hellenistic Age saw a revival of mystery and salvation cults, such as Orphism, Dionysus and Demeter. From Egypt came the cult of Osiris, From Asia Minor came a version of the fertility cult of the Great Mother, from Persia came the cult of Mithras and from other Near Eastern came neo-Babylonian ...
- 182: Skeptical Views On Noahs Ark
- ... geographical extent of the flood was of primary importance in the mind of the writer. Unlike the limited scope of the word "all" in Genesis 41:57: "the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain", the word "all" in Genesis 1-11 deals with universal origins (the material universe, all plants, all animals, etc.) Genesis 1-11 contains many such superlatives which lose their meaning if limited ... that the word "hills" is used in the King James Version of Genesis 7:19. "Mountains" is a mistranslation in other versions of Genesis 7:19. A flood in Armenia 17,000 feet deep while Egypt or India were not flooded would be a more incredible miracle than anything implied by the traditional understanding of a universal flood. The flood water rose 15 cubits (Genesis 7:20) and had no connection ...
- 183: Babylon
- ... Nabuchodonosor Added to the land by taking over Elam and Syria. He proved to the ancient world that Babylon is still a force to be feared, but when Assyria went to war with Babylon again, Egypt saw a weak Babylon and went in for the kill. Egyptians then led the Babylonians into Egypt and into slavery. Although debated this is the believed end of Babylon, but the history of this is very unclear. Most of the Babylonians history was lost and are not completely understood and might never ...
- 184: Alexander The Great, King Of Macedonia
- ... he met and defeated the Persian army under Darius the third at Issus(near modern day Turkey). He then occupied Syria and after a long siege of Tyre, then Phoenicia and then he marched into Egypt,were he was accepted as pharaoh. From there he visited the famous Libyan oracle or amon. The oracle certainly haled him as amon's son and probably promised him that he would become a god. He then organized Egypt and founded the city of Alexandria, next he crossed the Easter Desert and the Tigris an Euphrates Rivers. Then, in the autumn of 331 B.C. he defeated Darius' grand army at Guagamela(near modern ...
- 185: Female Genital Mutilation 2
- ... a tradition and social custom to keep a young girl pure and a married woman faithful. In Africa it is practiced in the majority of the continent including Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mozambique and Sudan. It is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual, which is performed by Muslims, Coptic Christians, Protestants, Catholics and members of various indigenous groups. Female genital mutilation is usually performed on girls ... ancient Egyptians. A Greek papyrus dated 163 BC refers to operations performed on girls at the age they received their dowries. A Greek geographer reported the custom of circumcision of girls he found while visiting Egypt in 25 BC. In Africa female circumcision has been reported in at least twenty-six countries and can be viewed as a public health problem because of its wide geographic distribution, the number of females ...
- 186: Archimedes
- Archimedes was a Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born in Syracuse, Sicily in the year 287 B.C. He was educated in Alexandria, Egypt. Due to the lack of information about Greek mathematics, many Greek mathematicians and their works are hardly known. Archimedes is the exception. Archimedes was very preoccupied with mathematics. For instance, he often forgot to eat ... because Archimedes said, "Give me a place to stand on and I will move the earth. Another invention he invented was the Archimedean screw. This machine was built for raising water to highland areas in Egypt that could not receive water directly from the Nile River. This device is still used today for irrigation purposes even is some countries today. The most famous story of Archimedes life involves the discovery of ...
- 187: Can We Say "NO" To Recycling
- ... Dahir 94). Besides these lands could be used in more useful ways such as building schools, hospitals, or simply turning them into large green areas to purify the air. This problem is practically acute in Egypt, since we do find even in central areas of the city, piles of garbage disposal very near to residential areas. Recycling would therefore eliminate this problem and protect the environment. If we consider burning as ... is important to know that this process of collecting and sorting is particularly expensive in developed countries where sophisticated tools are used where man power is rather limited and expensive. However, in developing countries like Egypt, the process of collecting and sorting are rather primitive and is carried out by the "Zabaleen " or a second-hand car. This makes it less expensive than developed countries. Manufacturing and marketing is the second ...
- 188: Ride Of The Second Horseman
- ... that would wipe out the entire world, as we know it, to cause nuclear winter. Everything would perish with just a few bacteria to tell the story of what once was here on Earth. Traditionally, Egypt had been quite a different place, avenue where the role of organized conflicts, though hardly nonexistent, was decidedly muted. This factor, combined what an unusually fatuous ecology, would produce a distinctive version of agricultural despotism ... more than a social mechanism.(132) Even early in the book it hints that war is nothing more then an unnecessary way to confront issues that could easily be solved other wise. This is why Egypt becomes one of the Old World strongest centers. As the book says John Muller put forth the audacious proposition not only that was war obsolete but that it was finished simple because most people had ...
- 189: Comparing Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein
- ... Tikrit, Iraq, and joined the Baath socialist party in 1957. Two years later he was exiled because of an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Abdul Karim Kassam, former Prime Minister of Iraq. Hussein studied law in Egypt and Baghdad, and following his return from exile, he was imprisoned for revolutionary activities, against the government. Hussein escaped jail in 1968 and helped lead a successful Baathis coup. In early 1970s he worked ... all in this war, unlike how Hitler has been appeased before World War II. By that time, some 500,000 allied ground, air, and naval forces mainly from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain, Egypt, Syria, and France, were arrayed against an Iraqi army estimated at that time to number 540,000. Under the command of U.S General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the Multinational coalition began intensive aerial bombardment or ...
- 190: Gold
- ... or alluvial. In ancient times Arabia, India, Persia, Caucasia, Asia Minor, the Balkans and many parts of Africa contributed to the ancient worlds supply of gold but of all mines operated the one in Nubia, Egypt did the most business. They formed the main source of gold used in antiquity and were an important reason for the power of Egypt. With time, gold became more and more popular and gold rushes came about. Small gold rushes occurred in Georgia in 1828-1830. But in 1848 a real gold rush happend in California. "Men abandoned their ...
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