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Arab Spring Arab Spring made trending news due to many protests happening in Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia. It all started with a man who lived in Tunisia named Mohamed Bouazizi according to (Gutierres). Bouazizi was unemployed, the food prices were high, and he was harassed by public officials. When that occurred, he set himself on fire on December, 2010. This got the attention of many people in the Arab World. "The people want to bring down the regime," as stated in the article (Occupy Wall…

The Greeks and the Egyptians, though they thrived around the same time periods, were two very distinct civilizations with different outlooks on the way they worshiped their gods and leaders. Both the Greeks and the Egyptians main focus when worshiping their gods was to appease their gods and to gain the gods favor, both through daily rituals, sacrifices, and prayer. The Egyptians believed that to get to the afterlife that a person’s body need to be preserved exactly as it was when you were…

Introduction People throughout the world know that Egypt is an ancient land, but many do not know that it has multiple dynasties existing in different eras or periods. The New Kingdom era, for example, emerged in 1539 B.C. and lasted until 1069 B.C. with three different dynasties of kings appearing (Wilkinson 2010: xxi). In the 470 years that the New Kingdom period of Egypt lasted, a highly stratified social organization of kingship existed alongside the powerful culture found within the state.…

"Arabic became the almost universal language of arts, sciences and letters between 750 and 1250," explains Arthur Goldschmidt, Jr., in his book "A Concise History of the Middle East." A long list of Arabic words entered Western languages at this time, and were part of both scientific and philosophical lexicons, and the language of trade and commerce. They…

religion, customs) Egyptian culture is a vast and extensive things. Culture is the food, language, religion and customs. Egyptian food consist of; bread, corn, barley, rice, couscous, beans, fruits, and beef, lamb, or rabbit. Their language is French Arabic. Egyptians are mostly Sunni Muslim. Customs of Egypt include; handshakes, Giving gifts to the hostess of your dinner not salting your foods. Sources: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/egypt-country-profile.html…

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Looking at the way Ancient Egyptian civilization lived, worship, and built their kingdom is really amazing. They have made many advances from the Predynastic period to the Eighteenth Dynasty. Just the way they built the tombs and made changed over the periods to make them stand the test of time. Just thinking about something that was built in 1500 B.C. is still standing today. We have buildings built in the 1970’s that are gone due to not being taken care and poor construction. It seems like of…

1. Egypt has a large (and to us, sometimes confusing) pantheon of deities. Each of you should find an Egyptian deity not previously mentioned by another classmate. Describe that god or goddess to the others, and attach a link to your source. You must also find an illustration or photo of the deity and insert it into your post. You may attach the image if insertion does not work. I chose Anubis for this week’s assignment. I find Anubis to be the one of the most fascinating God’s in ancient Egypt…

Ptolemaic Egypt is a time richly pigmented with documents, sculptures and artifacts that are being studied today so that their ancient society can be interpreted and hopefully more understood. Although this was a time long, long ago, we have to remember that these were still just human beings. They were very similar to us in that they had a brain, two eyes, and a heart; among many if not all the same organs. They had many social problems that mirror that of today’s society in the case…

Was Ancient Egypt a civilization? Ancient Egypt was a civilization because they followed almost to all of the seven indicators. Some of the indicators that they followed was Government, Religion, Skills and Jobs, Social Classes, and cities. First, Government was the building blocks for the ancient egyptians, the different places in government also held your social class. In the Ancient Egypt times, the Pharaoh was the head of the government and religion, but the Pharaoh could not run the…