Five thousand years on the banks of the Nile, was a wonderful civilization was born. It flourished and evolved over three thousand years, longer than any other civilization in world history. Egyptian history begins 3000 years ago in Egyptian writing has evolved enough to be able to save it.
During the same period, King Pharaoh Menes U.S. Lower and Upper Egypt into one kingdom. He built two cities, one north and one in the South - Memphis and Abydos.
The Egyptians believed that the pharaohs were gods. The most revered and worshiped God Ra, the sun god, the pharaoh was the only one who helped the sunrise every day, and the Nile flood every summer. It would supply food and water, and in turn the souls of the Egyptians were fed by the gods after their death..
The advantage of successive rulers, and strong, and depending on the Nile for irrigation and transport, which should have been maintained, developed in Egypt the first country where the national government and organized. Over time, the authorities began to weaken in Egypt, the foreign rulers took over the country again for a short period of time more than 400 years ago, the priest has received the power and the Empire fell.
The Persians invaded Egypt a few years, and Alexander the Great came to fight them. A great diplomat, showed respect and reverence to the gods of Egypt. When he entered the ancient capital of Memphis in 333 BC, was hailed as king of Egypt. Decide to visit the oracle of Ammon, to consult the seer of his fate, stopped on their journey to rest on an ancient Egyptian village situated between the Mediterranean and the Marriott Lake. He decided to build a town here, and that is what we now know that of Alexandria.
He moved to Asia to fight against the Persians, and died in Babylon in 323 BC, without seeing the city that bears his name.
He moved to Asia to fight against the Persians, and died in Babylon in 323 BC, without seeing the city that bears his name.
Filled with the remnants of ancient times, Egypt is one of the tourist attractions in the world. People come from all over to see the only "Wonder of the World" still standing - the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Sphinx, but also the imposition of many temples located throughout Egypt, museums and ancient city Cairo , Luxor, Aswan and Alexandria legendary. If you have never visited Egypt, try You do not know what is missing because it is a place that everyone should see at least once in their lives.
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