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By Yohanan Aharoni

Since its first e-book during this kingdom, Yohanan Aharoni's informative, fact-filled paintings has been a primary resource in its box. Now significantly enlarged, and with either textual content and maps up-to-date, this vintage examine bargains an excellent extra actual description of the geography, historical past, and archeology of Palestine. The Land of the Bible is a necessary textbook that would proceed to serve either students and scholars for years to come.

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The first two dynasties, which ruled from This, or Thinis, are known as the Early Dynastic or Thinite Period. Dynasties three to six (c. ) comprise the Old Kingdom, or Pyramid Age, when Pharaohs reigned from Memphis with unchallenged power. The absolutism of the Old Kingdom ended in a time of social upheaval known as the First Intermediate Period (c. ) during which local princes gained power at the expense of the central government. ” The rule of the princes covers Dynasties seven through eleven.

The reeds of the Delta marshes were used in making papyrus, the writing material of ancient Egypt which was the forerunner of modern paper. Papyrus was also used in making baskets, sandals, small ships, and rope. Sinai Peninsula. Bordering Egypt to the northeast was the Sinai Peninsula, an arid region which served as a buffer zone between Egypt and the nations of Asia. ] Logos - Logos Library System R The civilized Egyptians built a wall on their border and sought to keep the nomadic people of the desert from their land.

Citizens of Haran, like the Babylonians, respected the cult of the moon god. The mother of King Nabonidus served as a priestess in the temple to Sin at Haran, and his daughter became a priestess at the corresponding temple in Ur. Haran continued as a center for the worship of the moon god well into Christian times. ***** Although western man is indebted to Greece and Rome for much of his culture, it was in the lands at the head of the Persian Gulf that man first used symbols inscribed on clay tablets as a system of written communication.

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