was kennet the ancient name of egypt or ethiopia?
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Egypt, as many people of the world refer to the country today, is a derivative of this ancient name.  Even today, people who speak one language often change the spelling of words in  another language because of the difficulty they may have in pronouncing some of the sounds of that foreign language.  Hence, in pronouncing Hwt-ka-Ptah, the Greeks changed this world to Aegyptus (Aigyptos), which they used in their literature as the name of an Egyptian King (perhaps Ramesses, though in a fictional manner), the Nile River and for the country itself.  We find the word used by Homer in his famous "Odyssey.  We believe the Greeks had difficulties with the Egyptian pronunciation of the letter "H" at the beginning and end of Hwt-ka-Ptah.\nHer geography is unique. Covering well over a million square kilometers, Ethiopia is about twice as large as Kenya or Texas, or about five times as large as the United Kingdom. Its magnificent landscape ranges from desert areas to forested highlands. At 4,620 meters, Mount Ras Deshen is Ethiopia's highest peak, and Africa's fourth highest, but twenty mountains rise to more than 4,000 meters. The waters of the Abay River, or Blue Nile, feed Lake Tana and flow into the Nile. Most of the Nile's waters originate in Ethiopia.\n\nEthiopia is generally considered Africa's oldest continuously identifiable nation, though Egypt's written history is older and more complete. Ethiopia is landlocked today. Eritrea (independent since 1993), Djibouti and parts of Somalia, share much of their ancient, medieval and modern histories with Abyssinia, as Ethiopia was formerly known. Yemen is nearby. Across the Red Sea is the mountainous Asir Province of Saudi Arabia. Asir, which lies in Asia, has a rugged topography not unlike that of Ethiopia's uplands, and EthiopiansMap are one of the province's larger ethnic minorities. In times past, Ethiopia bordered Egypt, encompassing parts of what is now Sudan.\n\nEthiopia is home to the lion, leopard and cheetah, but to many other species as well. A short list would include the giraffe, elephant, rhinoceros, bushpig, warthog, and various varieties of ibex (including the rare walia), duiker, antelope, gazelle, zebra, buffalo, monkey, baboon, hyena, jackal and wolf. Some of these creatures exist in larger populations in neighboring Kenya, but Ethiopia probably boasts more wild mammal species than any other country in the world. Many are dwarfed by the ostrich, one of Ethiopia's 800 bird species. Some of these animals are unique to Ethiopia. Ethiopia's plant life is equally diverse.\n\nThe first Ethiopians had names like Lucy Australopithecus Afarensis, Australopithecus Africanus and Homo Habilis. They were the predecessors of homo sapiens, our species. Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley and other regions have yielded finds which indicate that this nation may well be the birthplace of the human race.\n\nThere are two possible origins of the name Ethiopia. Tradition says it derives from the name of Etiopik, descendant of the Biblical Noah. Linguists believe it comes from the Greek expression for "sunburned faces." Abyssinia, another ancient name for this land, probably comes to us from the Arabic habishat, which in this context refers to the country's "mixed" population.\n\nEarly History\n\nThere is no doubt that humans have inhabited Ethiopia since the dawn of recorded history, as indicated in early cave drawings. The more modern Ethiopians are not a single racial or ethnic group, a fact reflected in the diversity of Lioness and cubtheir languages. Despite some twentieth-century European attempts to present them as dark Caucasians, Ethiopians are predominantly Negroid.\n\nSome Ethiopian peoples, such as the Surma, were clearly tribal and semi-nomadic, while others were more reliant on agriculture. It's difficult to generalize about such a complex ethnic mix of peoples.\n\nTop of Page\n\nYet, Ethiopia is the o
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Most everything in the OLD texts were spoken stories passed from one generation to another. The original text ... I couldn't tell you. The original basis for all of these texts .....ancient fables told to the young (and old) to instruct them on how to live their lives.\n\nGood luck!! - Egypt is always a good place to start looking.
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No, Ethiopia is an invention of the 20th Century, having been known as Abyssinia until the West sold Haille Selassie down the river, and allowed the fascist Italian government to usurp him. Before that, it was originally known as Nubia from which we take the term nubile.\nIt is not known for sure where the first Homo Sapiens ocurred, although it would have been around the NE of Africa, or the Middle East.
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Mut  (Golden Dawn, Auramooth) \n\nThe wife of Amen in Theban tradition; the word mut in Egyptian means "mother", and she was the mother of Khons, the moon god.She was depicted either in the form of a vulture or in human form with a vulture head-dress and the combined crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. She was usually dressed in a bright red or blue gown. \n\nWhen Amen fused with the sungod Re, Mut became the Eye of Re and began to assume the shape of a lioness, a traditional form for the Eye of the Sun. In the late New Kingdom she began to be counted among the original gods with the epithet Mother of the sun in whom he rises. \n\nMut is sometimes also equated with Isis.
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The Nile.  In Africa.
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Tough question.  I believe that Ethiopia was the only African country never colonized.  However, it was ruled by Italy during WWII
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1.  The Egyptians main food was bread.  It was made out of barley and emmer wheat. Numerous varieties of fruits and vegetables were also grown in irrigated gardens.  They also ate a variety of meat, fish, and fowl. Fowl included domestic geese, pigeons and a wide variety of wild birds. \n2.  There are no forests in Egypt but there are date palms and citrus groves. Papyrus plants grow only near the Nile.\n3. The climate in Egypt is hot and dry and there are only two seasons which are winter (December through March) , and summer ( the rest of the year). The average temperature in the winter is between 55 and 70 degrees F. The average temperature in the summer is between 80 and 90 degrees F. In the summer the temperature can be as high as 110 degrees F.\n4.  Egyptians believed in the concept of life after death, which led them to the art of embalming and drove them to build the pyramids and tombs.  They also believed in god worship.  The god-forms each represented a principle or aspect of the supreme creator.  \n5.  The area of Egypt is 386,662 square miles. The distances from east to west is 770 miles and from north to south it is 675 miles.\n6.  Egyptians, men and women, wore beaded necklaces, bracelets, and anklets.  They used wooden colored beads and yarn to make colorful jewelry.  \n7.  Egypt is in Africa. It is bordered by Mediterranean Sea, on the North and by the East, the Red Sea. The longest river in the world, the Nile River, goes right through it. \n8.  Imagine how big 90 pyramids would be all together? Well, more than 90 pyramids in Egypt are on the west bank of the Nile River. They did this for a religious reason: the sun sets on the West Bank of the Nile River. \n9.  Egypt is divided into 4 main parts, The Nile Valley, The Arabian Desert, The Libyan Desert, and The Sinai. About 95 percent of Egypt is desert land. The Sahara Desert covers more than two thirds of Egypt. The other deserts are the Libyan Desert, the Arabian Desert, and the Nubian Desert.  \n10.  Egypt is 50 feet below sea level. Some important cities, towns, and places in Egypt are Cairo (the capitol) , Giza, Memphis, Thebes, Alexandria, Suez Canal, Abu Simbel, Sinai Peninsula, and Rosetta. The highest point in Egypt is Jabal Katrina and is 8,668 feet high. The lowest point is Qattara Depression and is 436 feet below sea level.
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Egypt \nIntroduction\n\nBackground: The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries. A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517. Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure.
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&*&*&\nI HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.  GOOD LUCK!!!\n\n\nhttp://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/animalgods.htm\n\nAnimals and the Gods of Ancient Egypt\nby Caroline Seawright\n\nEgyptian towns usually had their own local sacred animal. It was thought that some gods and goddesses represented themselves on earth in the form of a single representative of a specific species, and honoring that species of animal would please the god or goddess associated with the animal. The animal believed to be the incarnation of the god or goddess lived a pampered life in and near the temples and religious centers.\n\nBaboon y`n baboon determinative y`n - The dog-headed baboon was one of the manifestations of both Thoth, god of writing, and Khonsu, the youthful moon god. Both deities were related to the moon. Hapy, the son of Horus who guarded the canopic jars that held the lungs, had the head of a baboon. There was also a baboon god in the Early Dynastic period named Hedjwer, 'The Great White One', who became closely linked with Thoth. Sometimes Thoth was shown in baboon form, perched on top of the scales of judgement in the underworld.\n\nBast, Egyptian Cat Goddess Cat myywcat determinative myw - Many deities were depicted as cats, both domestic or wild, and so they were seen as benevolent, sacred animals. Bast, originally a desert cat, was later depicted as a domestic cat. Ra was shown as 'The Great Cat of Heliopolis' who defeated Apep in 'The Book of the Dead'.\n\nCattle mnnmnntcattle determinative mnmnt - Hathor, Isis, Nut and Bat were three goddesses who were often depicted as cows, with the horns of cows or with the ears of cows. Because of this, and because of the relationship of the pharaoh as a living god, the cow came to symbolize the mother of the pharaoh. The cow was also a solar icon, where Nut carried the sun across the sky on her back, when she was in cow form. The cow was linked to female fertility and to the mother of the pharaoh. Osiris was related to the bull - the Apis bull, after death, became Osiris-Apis. While it was still alive, the Apis bull was seen as the Ba of Ptah, mummified god of creation. The Mnevis bull was regarded as the Ba of Ra-Atum. The bull, therefor, was linked to masculinity and the pharaoh.\n\nWadjet in her Human-headed Cobra Form Cobra djtcobra in a basket determinative djt - The cobra was sacred to Wadjet, the cobra goddess of Buto, who represented Lower Egypt and kingship. The cobra goddess Renenet was a fertility goddess who was sometimes depicted as nursing children and as protector of pharaoh. Another cobra goddess was Meretseger, 'she who loves silence', who could punish criminals with blindness or her venom.\n\nCrocodile mshcrocodile determinative msh - Ammut, the demoness at the judgement hall, had the head of a crocodile along with other fearful creatures, and was known as 'the devourer of the dead' who punished evildoers by eating their hearts. The god of the Athribis region, the solar god Horus Khenty-Khenty, was sometimes shown as a crocodile. But the crocodile was also sacred to Sobek, who was portrayed as a human with the head of a crocodile, or as the crocodile itself. The temples of Sobek usually had sacred lakes where crocodiles were fed and cared for. The hippo goddess of childbirth, Taweret, was thought to have the back and tail of a crocodile, or was shown with a crocodile perched on her back.\n\nFalcon / Hawk bykfalcon with a flagellum determinative byk - The sacred bird of the falcon-headed solar god Horus, it was also regarded as his Ba. The falcon was a bird that had protective powers, and was frequently linked with royalty, where it was depicted as hovering over the head of the pharaoh, with outstretched wings. The falcon was also sacred to Montu, god of war, and Sokar, god of the Memphite necropolis. The bird of prey was sometimes associated with Hathor, 'The House of Horus'. The son of Horus, Qebehsenuef who guarded the canopic jar of t
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It was the pyramid in Egypt built \nduring the Pharoah's reign.  King\nMastov lived before King Tut or\nafter King Tut, but I'm not sure which.
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Troy is a good answer and certainly a famous one, but I'm going to go with Gordion, capital city of ancient Turkey but now no more. I wonder whether it had anything to do with the famous "Gordion Knot?" It was fun looking this up. Thanks for the question!
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Try these sites.  They will give you lots of information about Egypt.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_egypt
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Ethiopia is the only African country which was not colonized by European colonial forces
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In Egyptian mythology, Anuket (also spelt Anqet, and in Greek, Anukis) was originally the goddess of the Nile River, in areas such as Elephantine Island, at the start of the Nile's journey through Egypt, and in nearby regions of Nubia. Since the flooding of the Nile is what nourishes the fields, she gained her name, which means embracer, in the sense of the nile embracing the fields. Her titles were similarly appropriate to this, including nourisher of the fields, giver of life, and she who shoots forth (in reference to the flooding).\n\nSince the god Chnum, and goddess Satis, were thought to be the gods of the source of the Nile, Anuket was viewed as their daughter. Being the deification of the Nile also lead to two tributaries of the Nile, in the region, being considered her arms. It also lead to her being associated with fast moving things, representing the river's flow, such as arrows, and the gazelle, which happens also to be an animal with a large presence at the Nile in this region. Thus in art, she was often depicted as a gazelle, or with a gazelle's head, sometimes having a headdress of feathers (thought by most Egyptologists to be a detail deriving from Nubia).\n\nCeremonially, when the Nile started its annual flood, the Festival of Anuket began, with people throwing coins, gold, jewelry, and precious gifts, into the river, in thanks for the life-giving water. The taboo, that was held in several parts of Egypt, on not eating fish, which were considered sacred, was lifted during this time.
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Addis Ababa is the capital city and the largest city:)\n\nhope this one helps(i think so)
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I'll tell you what I know.  \nthe Nile river flows north, parallel to the Red Sea.  Its head waters (the start) is at lake Victoria in the country of Uganda dead centered on the equator.  It flow thru 3 countries Sudan, Uganda and Egypt.  Although these are arid nations the land is green and furtile along its banks.  There are no large cities or major populations along its banks north of the Aswan dam (which is located in the southern part of Egypt) mostly due to the tse-tse fly and mosquito infestations.  The capital of Uganda, Kampala, is located at the headwaters at lake Victoria.  The capitol of Sudan, Khartoum, is also located on the river.  The only modern city on the river is Cairo, the Capitol of Egypt.  It is located inland separated from the Mediterranean sea by the Nile delta one of the most furtile farm regions in the world.  The river was first mapped by an Englishman named Dr. Watson who got lost and was found by a news man named Stevenson who when meeting Dr. Watson uttered the famous phrase "Dr. Watson I presume".\nThat's all I know dude..