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  • #REDIRECT [[How Did the Libyans Impact Ancient Egypt]]
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  • ...sis's book. Around the same time, Arab and Persian writers postulated that Egypt's pyramids were actually vessels of esoteric knowledge of a previous age. A ...omplexes that played an integral role in the religious life of Old Kingdom Egypt. Pyramid construction also evolved considerably during the Old Kingdom, dem
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  • #REDIRECT [[What Was the Importance of Pyramids in Ancient Egypt]]
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  • ...f marriage, but was it like the modern concept? Much like modern marriage, ancient Egyptian couples lived together, formed households, and were eventually bur ...view. There was no known marriage ceremony in ancient Egypt and as much as Egypt was a fairly homogenous society, marriage practices were different for non-
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  • ...mbs and temples for their gods and kings. The reality is that although the ancient Egyptian social system was quite different from that of the modern world, a ...ohol was the primary drink in their diets. Alcohol was also significant in ancient Egyptian religion as it played a central role in some of the myths and was
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  • ...n state was strong, Nubia was usually weak and vice versa. To the Nubians, Egypt was the source of high culture and civilization that they admired and event ...Dynasty lasted less than 100 years, its kings were very active in shaping Egypt’s political situation.
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  • ====Ancient Egypt==== ...hy Was Ramesses II “Great” and How Did He Influence the History of the Ancient Near East?]]
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  • ...ampaigns, constructing many of the temples and monuments in Upper/southern Egypt that still attract countless visitors every day. ...yptians through well-documented correspondence letters. Truly, New Kingdom Egypt was one of the world’s first superpowers.
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  • #REDIRECT [[What Was the Importance of Alcohol Consumption in Ancient Egypt]]
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  • [[File: Libyans.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left|Modern Recreation of an Ancient Egyptian Relief Depicting the Races of Man Known to the Egyptians – From The ancient Egyptians were quite conscious of the cultural differences between them and
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  • ...iod (ca. 728 - 332 BC) regicide became quite common in the Nile Valley. As Egypt was invaded and ruled by wave after wave of foreign dynasties, regicide bec ...not stop the act from happening totally, as one king was killed in each of Egypt’s three kingdoms.
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  • #REDIRECT [[Was Regicide Common in Ancient Egypt]]
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  • ...e.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Figure 1. Climate data showing wetter conditions in Egypt and surrounding regions before 5000 BC.]]__NOTOC__ ...in a complex web of influences. This could have been the case for ancient Egypt as well.
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  • #REDIRECT [[How Was Marriage in Ancient Egypt Different than the Modern Concept]]
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  • ...it may have seemed like just another group of foreigners was going to rule Egypt from afar, making sure to deplete as many of her resources in the process. ...to Egypt while respecting native Egyptian traditions, and by revitalizing Egypt’s military.
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  • ...gn rule. Beginning in the middle of the Twentieth Dynasty, around 1150 BC, Egypt began a long yet steady decline where it first lost its imperial possession ...n descent. The lowest point was when the Assyrians conquered and decimated Egypt in the seventh century. But out of the ashes of Assyrian dominance came Psa
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  • ...sopotamia can be followed along a very gradual yet definite path, while in Egypt, the appearance of the first written texts was somewhat sudden. ...ents written on papyrus. When the Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs ruled over Egypt, the native forms of the written language eventually died. However, a vesti
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  • ...nd Heliopolis for Atum. These were three of the best known gods in ancient Egypt and their cities were among the most important, but there were a host of le ...cunning, which were all admirable traits, making him worthy of worship in Egypt. Seth became a particularly popular god during two far separated periods in
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  • #REDIRECT [[Why Did Seth Worship Become Popular in Ancient Egypt]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[How Did Writing Evolve in Ancient Egypt]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[How Did the Nubians Impact Ancient Egypt]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[How Did Ptolemy II Revitalize Ancient Egypt]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[How did climate change influence the rise of ancient Egypt]]
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  • #REDIRECT [[How Did Psamtek I Save Ancient Egypt]]
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  • * [[Ancient History Study Guide|Ancient History]] * [[Ancient Greek Study Guide|Ancient Greek History]]
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  • ...haraoh’s loyalty was not enough, and soon Akhenaten required that all of Egypt adopt his new god and abandon their old pantheon in favor of sun worship. ...tian gods Ra and Horus, the sun god and sky god. It was common in ancient Egypt for gods to merge identities, and Akhenaten may have been attempting to eas
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  • ...ronze Age, the economies of the ancient Near East became linked to broader ancient Old World in Central Asia, India, and Europe through long-distance commerce ...-i-ii-i-9789070192037?partnerid=41307&p_ti State and Temple Economy in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the International Conference]'' Orientalia Lovani
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  • ...ly were family-run business, and forms of investment banking appear in the ancient Near East. ...trading hub for the region that had a group of Assyrian settlers from the ancient city of Aššur who had settled in the area (Figure 1). These Assyrians cre
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  • ...important element that helped link the ancient Near East with the broader ancient Old World in Central Asia, India, and Europe through long-distance commerce ...versiteit te Leuven (1970- ), eds. 1979. ''State and Temple Economy in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the International Conference''. Orientalia Lovani
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  • The first monotheistic religion developed in Ancient Egypt during the reign of Akhenaten, but it failed to gain a foothold and disappe ...ode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=677e84cbaa3df8a547a903e9e58c82b0 Akhenaten: Egypt’s False Prophet]''. 1. Aufl. London: Thames & Hudson.</ref> The king was
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  • ...onal armies in Mesopotamia, see Bauer, S. Wise. 2007. ''The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome''. 1st ed. New York: ...ry, see: Foster, Benjamin R. 2015. ''The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia''. New York, NY: Routledge.</ref> While it is not clear what he
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  • ...wide territory and influenced the development of subsequent languages. The ancient Near East displays some of the world’s earliest common languages shared b ...ke these other languages, Akkadian spread in use throughout the Near East, Egypt, and even reached Cyprus by the 2nd millennium BC. Written Akkadian utilize
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  • ...> Perhaps the earliest glass anywhere comes from the ancient Near East or Egypt, by roughly 3500 BC, when temperatures in kilns started reaching higher tem ...on chemical minerals used for decoration, see: Henderson, Julian. 2013. ''Ancient Glass''. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, pg. 163.</ref>
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  • One very influential connection made between Europe and China in ancient periods was the so-called Silk Road. While this did not mean a specific roa ...nd Egypt, see: Boyle, Katie, Colin Renfrew, and Marsha Levine, eds. 2002. Ancient Interactions: East and West in Eurasia. McDonald Institute Monographs. Camb
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  • ==Egypt and Mesopotamia== ...er, Markham J. 2010. ''Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice''. Ancient Cultures. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.</r
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  • ..._Maler_um_1355_v._Chr._001.jpg|left|thumbnail|300px|Horses used in Ancient Egypt to pull chariots.]] ...Postgate, JN. 1986. “The Equids of Sumer, Again,” In: ''Equids in the Ancient World'', Meadow RH, Ueopmann H-P (Eds.). Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag: Weisba
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  • Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World, the ancient Maya thrived and relatively rapidly disintegrated as a major political forc ...dominant entity. Scholars have compared it to the period of city-states in ancient Greece or Medieval Italy. Some of the largest centers likely had population
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  • ...e: Katz, Victor J., and Annette Imhausen, eds. 2007. ''The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook''. Princeton: Princeton ...e: Katz, Victor J., and Annette Imhausen, eds. 2007. ''The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook''. Princeton: Princeton
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  • [[File: Prince_of_egypt.jpg|200px|thumbnail|left|The Prince of Egypt]]__NOTOC__ ...than some other films, and correctly portrays many details of New Kingdom Egypt while adding a healthy dose of fiction to make it an enjoyable family film.
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  • #REDIRECT [[How Did the Libyans Impact Ancient Egypt]]
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  • ...f events that resulted in the Greek and Persian Wars, that transformed the ancient World. ...s and gave regions their realms' considerable autonomy.<ref> Fine, JVA The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History (Harvard, Harvard University Press, 1983) </ref>
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  • ...trans-lex.org/104970/_/malynes-gerard-consuetudo-vel-lex-mercatoria-or-the-ancient-law-merchant-/ |Lex Mercatoria printed in London 1622]] ...the origins of Lex Mercatoria can be traced back even further, in Ancient Egypt and even back to Greek and Phoenician trade. <ref>Historical background of
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  • ...c-20&linkId=ba5989033a645ff589d8c3e61a6eb8a1 The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt]''. New ed. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, pg. 39.</ref> Du ...nkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=3232ebc8efd2bef729de00020670aa73 Ancient Egypt: State and Society]''. First edition. New York: Oxford University Press, pg
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  • ...iest laws, although very likely even earlier laws existed, derive from the ancient Sumarian city of Lagash, located in southern Mesopotamia (southern Iraq), d ...agina, is one attributed to king Ur-Nammu, who ruled the Ur III state from ancient Ur (located in southern Iraq). The law code may have been written sometime
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  • Gold is first known to have been acquired by ancient human societies in the 4th millennium BC, a time when copper and metals wer ...analysis of the Nahal Qanah finds, see: Shalev, Sariel. 1995. “Metals in Ancient Israel: Archaeological Interpretation of Chemical Analysis.” ''Israel Jou
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  • ...970. From Tribe to Empire, Social Organization among Primitives and in the Ancient East. New York: Cooper Square, pg. 236. </ref> ...dversaries, see: Foster, B. R. 2016. The Age of Agade: Inventing empire in ancient Mesopotamia. London ; New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.</re
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  • ...sis's book. Around the same time, Arab and Persian writers postulated that Egypt's pyramids were actually vessels of esoteric knowledge of a previous age. A ...omplexes that played an integral role in the religious life of Old Kingdom Egypt. Pyramid construction also evolved considerably during the Old Kingdom, dem
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  • ...ounding Nebuchadnezzar II, it quickly becomes evident that he affected the ancient Near East in several profound ways. ...barked on an ambitious building program that made his city the envy of the ancient world.
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  • #REDIRECT [[What Was the Importance of Pyramids in Ancient Egypt]]
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  • ...ld be in the city of Ur, in the temple of Ennigaldi-Nanna, which did house ancient collections, this structure may date to a slightly later time than that of ...s continuing to have important relevance. The importance and continuity of ancient religion, in fact, was another motivation to develop museums, in this case
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  • ...more, Alexander began a process where Greek culture began to intermix with ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Central Asian, and Indian cultures that influenced ...l the social change that would eventually influence Europe, the Near East, Egypt, and much of Asia rested in his ability to conquer many territories and do
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  • ...od of Cleisthenes' rise to power, see: Fine, John Van Antwerp. 1983. ''The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History''. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Pr, pg. 122.< ...ijf, Onno van, and Fik Meijer. 2014. ''Trade, Transport and Society in the Ancient World a Sourcebook'', pg. 33.</ref> The region of Attica is not highly fert
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  • ...the beacon known as the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ...is little doubt that Alexandria was unique among other notable city in the ancient Near East or Mediterranean. Unlike Rome, Athens, or Babylon, Alexandria was
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  • ...after 1177 BC. <ref> Kitchen, Kenneth. <i>The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt: (1100 to 650 BC).</i> Second Edition. (Warminster, United Kingdom: Aris an ...n weapons sometime between 1060 and 1050 BC. <ref> Kuhrt, Amélie. <i> The Ancient Near East: c. 3000-330 BC.</i> Volume 2. (London: Routledge, 2010), p. 440<
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  • ...hed by millions. Although modern boxing has a lot of similarities with its ancient cousin, the mix with television, big money, and big personalities has forev ...d millennium BCE show boxers fighting and possibly wearing gloves. Ancient Egypt also has depictions of what appear to be boxers. We don't know the reasonin
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  • ...these early games looked like, making it hard to know if there was a clear ancient origin for the sport.<ref>For more information, see: Gillmeister, H. (1998)
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  • Slavery has been an ancient institution that likely goes back to periods of the earliest writing if not ...ome levels even before the rise of states and cities. Both Mesopotamia and Egypt likely have some of the earliest evidence of larger-scale slavery as confli
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  • ...ag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=a005059adeed3f030e20f38cffd4cba2 The Black Pharaohs: Egypt’s Nubian Rulers]</i>]] ...hird Intermediate Period ended with the Nubian King, Piye’s, conquest of Egypt in 728 because that date also marked the beginning of the Twenty-Fifth Dyna
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  • ...re seen as a way to address healthcare in increasingly urban spaces in the ancient world. In the Medieval and Modern periods, new practices emerged that allow ...dealing with c-section and removal of boils. <ref>McIntosh, J. (2005). <i>Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectives</i>. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, pg. 275.
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  • ...dy and apply their knowledge. <ref>For more on learning in Mesopotamia and Egypt, see: Krebs, Robert E. 2004. Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Invent ...John R. Catan, and Giovanni Reale. 1990. Plato and Aristotle. A History of Ancient Philosophy, Giovanni Reale ; 2. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New York Press
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  • ...elite worshiping Yahweh, who becomes the foundation and name of God in the ancient Jewish faith.]] .... Later cultures developed concepts that derive from ancient Iran, Greece, Egypt, and perhaps other regions. In a period over several hundred years, in the
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  • ...security became a major priority for governments. Although threats in the ancient world and late antiquity were seen as external, it was also internal unrest ==Ancient Roots==
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  • ...lexander's generals and became the Ptolemaic dynasty founder that ruled in Egypt until the Roman conquest. The story depicts Alexander's complex personality ...of the Achaemenid Empire (Persian Empire). Alexander was declared a god in Egypt and then fought the pivotal Battle of Gaugamela, where the Persian army was
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  • Early fighting developed in the early urban societies of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus. However, these were not dedicated fire departm ...of these states' firefighting, see: Sarker, K.R. 2003. Public Finance in Ancient India. First edition Edition. Abhinav Publications, India</ref>
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  • Honey is probably one of the most ancient sweeteners used by humans. Additionally, it was perhaps consumed not only b ...llennium BCE, both ancient Mesopotamia, Sumer or modern southern Iraq, and Egypt show evidence of beekeeping having developed. Honey, at this point, was use
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  • ...Adrienne. <i> The Amazons: lives and legends of warrior women across the ancient world.</i> Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, 96.</ref> ...erial Russia and Regency England.<ref>Mila Contini, Fashion, from ancient Egypt to the present day (New York: Odyssey Press, 1965), 183.</ref>
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  • ...in South and Southeast Asia. The spread of this pepper is intertwined with ancient trade expansion that once connected the length of the Old World. In more re ...difficult to detect, so this can only be a conjecture.<ref>For more on the ancient use of black pepper, see: Ravindran, P. N., ed. 2000. <i>Black Pepper: Pipe
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  • ...500-300 BC.<ref> For more on the development of bathing and bath houses in ancient Greek and east Mediterranean cultures, see: Lucore, S. K., & Trümper, M. ( ...self, had 952 baths of varying size, with the largest public bath from the ancient world being the Baths of Diocletian built in 306 AD (Figure 2). Sometimes b
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  • ...to teach his people, which ultimately made the king the richest man in the ancient world in more ways than one. ...Y&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=79dd0784e66204ce6c9be62294524f3a The Ancient Near East: c. 3000-330 BC. Volume 2].</i> (London: Routledge, 2010), p. 547
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  • ...monarchs and thrones in Egypt and Mesopotamia, see:Houston, M.G. (2002) <i>Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian & Persian costume.</i> Mineola, N.Y, Dover Publicati ...figures, see: James B. Pritchard & Daniel E. Fleming (eds.) (2011) <i>The ancient Near East: an anthology of texts and pictures.</i> Princeton, N.J, Princeto
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  • ...le:Egyptian kitchen Berlin 1.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Figure 1. Model from Egypt, found in a wealthy tomb, showing a food preparation scene. ]] ...in the Mediterranean region, see: Klarich, Elizabeth, ed. 2010. <i>Inside Ancient Kitchens: New Directions in the Study of Daily Meals and Feasts.</i> Boulde
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  • ...dom (ca. 2055-1650 BC) is often overlooked in popular histories of ancient Egypt in favor of the Old and New Kingdoms. Even among scholars, the Middle Kingd ...rol over the entire Nile Delta, unifying Egypt once more and ensuring that Egypt would be among the longest enduring civilizations in human history.
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  • ...ons. The innovation of iron smelting opened many new possibilities for the ancient and modern worlds, forever changing how our own societies today have evolve ...nium BCE, iron tools were increasingly found in Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. In fact, in the Late Bronze Age, from around 1400-1300 BCE, iron weapons a
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  • ...the Battle of Pharsalus in the Balkans. In 48 BCE, he was assassinated in Egypt by a renegade Roman soldier.<ref>Goldsworthy, p 213</ref> Pompey established a system whereby grain from Sicily, Egypt, and North Africa was exported to Rome by sea. This grain was then distribu
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