| The ancient Egyptian civilization is a | | | | leadership of the Pharaoh at the time, and in |
| fascinating one, and you will be hard pressed | | | | fact the ancient Egyptian people themselves |
| to find anyone to who will think otherwise. | | | | held the strong belief that somehow their |
| Ancient Egypt in modern terminology is | | | | gods were responsible for choosing each |
| situated in Africa, at the northwest corner. | | | | Pharaoh, thus the inhabitants could rest |
| | | | soundly at night, knowing that all was under |
| The Nile River, in most cases just called the | | | | control. In fact, the government of ancient |
| 'Nile', passed through the center of the | | | | Egypt can be mentioned as the first national |
| culture. The northern part was known as Lower | | | | government in the whole world, and |
| Egypt, and the southern part as Upper Egypt - | | | | individuals referred to as viziers, who were |
| a fact which has lead to some confusion among | | | | officials assigned to the Pharaoh, also |
| tourists. The Nile is recognized as the | | | | helped to rule. |
| longest river in the world, but some | | | | |
| researchers find that there is a chance that | | | | The Egyptian culture, like the Sumerian |
| the Amazon River situated in South America | | | | culture, had a language and writing style of |
| may be a slight amount longer. | | | | their own. A Papyrus plant was used to make |
| | | | paper - thus defining the origin of the |
| In fact there are three separate sections, or | | | | idiom, paper! |
| periods of time that Egyptian past can be | | | | |
| divded up into. These are known as the Old | | | | A lot of individuals find the ancient |
| Kingdom, the Central Kingdom, and the New | | | | civilizations, Egyptian in particular, to be |
| Kingdom. Each period has specific facts which | | | | profoundly mysterious as a result of the |
| are unique to it, and are best learned and | | | | incredible large monuments, most notably the |
| studied on their own. | | | | Great Pyramid at Giza, very near to Cairo, |
| | | | that remain to this day. |
| The kingdoms of ancient Egypt were under the | | | | |