how has Egyptian culture contributed to modern civilization?
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The ancient Egyptians culture was a very advance civilization in many cases they had schools for there young people the did have religion and they had a political system that they charished a lot. The took crime as a serious thing and they also was masters of architecture. And the most important thing is that the developed a writing system which I think was created before the aztecs and mayans. They had a unique way of buring there dead which we use a similar process today.\n\nThere culture shaped the way modern civilization is today. We still use some of the things that they used over a thousand years ago and we use it today.
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Ancient Civilization\nApocalypto: New Film by Mel Gibson about the Maya. Watch the Trailer.\nApocalypto.Movies.Go.com \n\nWeb Results 1-10 of 3,210. Powered by Ask.com \n \n\nCivilization.ca - Mysteries of Egypt - Egyptian civilization\nThe Egyptian pyramids are the most famous of all the ancient monuments, the only remaining wonder of the seven wonders of the ancient world.\nhttp://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcivile.html \n\n \nEgyptian Anthropologist\nCMCC--Egyptian Civilzation--Daily Life...\nhttp://www.think2learn.com/egypt/pages/egyptian_anthropologist.htm \n\n \nGeography of Egypt\n...down the Nile to attack the Egyptian civilzation. This geographic isolation from invasion and other societies allowed the Egyptian way of life...\nhttp://kevin.lps.org/Egypt/QuestforEgypt/geography.htm \n\n \nFUN ZONE - Fun Guides\nEGYPT, The name inspires awe and wonder. Archaeologists have studied the remains ot Egyptian civilzation for more than a century. \nhttp://www.seaworld.org/family-resources/fun-guides/Egypt/index.htm \n\n \nEGYPT FUN GUIDE\nThe name inspires awe and wonder. Archaeologists have studied the remains ot Egyptian civilzation for more than a century.\nhttp://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/index.htm \n\n \nKids Clues.com\nArchaeologists have studied the remains ot Egyptian civilzation for more than a century. For more sites, click here...\nhttp://www3.sympatico.ca/flviseu/clues.html \n\n \nAncient Egypt Review Page Chapter 4\n1370 B.C. opposed the priests and tried to set up a new . Toward the end of this period of clnflict, Egyptian civilzation began to delcine.\nhttp://www.cdeducation.org/schools/ni/6egyptre.htm \n\n \nGEOGRAPHY OF EGYPT\n...down the Nile to attack the Egyptian civilzation. This geographic isolation from invasion and other societies allowed the Egyptian way of life...\nhttp://www.mead.k12.wa.us/SHILOH/Griffith/MrGsWebPage2/Ancient%20Egypt/Quest_For_Egypt/QFE_geography_of_egypt.htm \n\n \nwww.myspace.com/tammyz\nMySpace Profile - RTM - Tammy, 25 years old, Female, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States...\nhttp://www.myspace.com/tammyz \n\n \nWIT 2003\nThey will be able to compare the ancient Egyptian civilzation with the ancient Indian Civilizations of America, use a WebQuest to...\nhttp://www.logandale.cps.k12.il.us/Loredo/Civilization/teacherpage.html \n\n \nSponsored Links  \n \n\nAncient Civilization\nApocalypto: New Film by Mel Gibson about the Maya. Watch the Trailer.\nApocalypto.Movies.Go.com \n\nResult Page:    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9      Next
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Go to the tourism website of EGYPT !!! The main attraction is the left overs of old civilization,, and how Nile was used for agriculture and trade routes ....it is also possible to say that BECAUSE OF NILE WE HAVE PYRAMIDS... This all attracts tourists
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Yes, but mostly no, and yes.\n\nFor the most parts the Egyptian Gods were imaginary ones who were depicted in paintings, hieroglyphics and statues.  However, the Pharaoh was considered a god and he was clearly visible.  The Egyptian Gods mostly operated in the next life where they did have physical bodies.\n\nSet was the god of evil and he fought against Ra (the sun god) and his son Horus.  In fact his brother Set once killed Horus, but being a god he got better.\n\nAccording to Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus\n"Horus is an ancient god of the Ancient Egyptian religion, whose cult survived so long that he evolved dramatically over time and gained many names. The most well known name is the Greek Horus, representing the Egyptian Heru/Har, which is the basic element in most of the other names of Horus. Horus was so important that the Eye of Horus became an important Egyptian symbol of power. He had a man's body and a falcon's head. He only had one eye because after Osiris was murdered by his brother Set, Horus fought with Set for the throne of Egypt. In this battle Horus lost one of his eyes and later this became a sign of protection in Egypt. In one story he has said to have cut off his mothers' head."
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Egyptians most like today, although Greeks very studious too, mathematics, language, art, architecture, craft, problem-solving, sciences all taught then, as with today. However then there were clear gender differences in the implementation of studies, today females and males are taught similarly at school, though there are still stereotypes.
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The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, which extended throughout the northern Central American region which includes the present-day nations of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and El Salvador, as well as the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán peninsula states of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán.\n\nOrigins\nArchaeological evidence shows the Maya had started to build ceremonial architecture by approximately 1000 BC. There is some disagreement about the boundaries which differentiate the physical and cultural extent of the early Maya and their neighboring Pre-Classic Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmec culture of the Tabasco lowlands and the Mixe-Zoque– and Zapotec–speaking peoples of Chiapas and southern Oaxaca. Many of the earliest significant inscriptions and buildings appeared in this overlapping zone, and evidence suggests that these cultures and the formative Maya influenced one other.\n\nThe earliest monuments consist of simple burial mounds, the precursors to pyramids erected in later times.\n\nEventually, the Olmec culture faded after spreading its influence into the Yucatan peninsula, present-day Guatemala, and other regions.\n\nThe Maya developed the famed cities of Tikal, Palenque, Copán and Kalakmul, as well as Dos Pilas, Uaxactun, Altun Ha, Bonampak and many other sites in the area (see list of sites, below). They developed an agriculturally intensive, city-centered empire consisting of numerous independent city-states. The most notable monuments are the pyramids they built in their religious centers and the accompanying palaces of their rulers. Other important archaeological remains include the carved stone slabs usually called stelae (the Maya called them Tetun, or "Tree-stones"), which depict rulers along with hieroglyphic texts describing their genealogy, war victories, and other accomplishments.\n\nFor more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Civilization#Origins
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No.  All civilization has the mean to change and resurrect itself.  The openness of the Western Civilization helps it to reinvent itself when needed.
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Human society has a need to attribute supernatural qualities to physical phenomenom that cannot be explained. That is why from the dawn of civilization, religion and folklore have played a major role in human society. This effect is ultimately diminishing as the body of knowledge revealed by science keeps growing. That is why religion has always opposed the quest for knowledge: there were times scientists could be burnt at the stake for heresy for proclaiming that the ptolemic system (The Earth is flat) theory was wrong.\nFurthermore, as the Greek and later ROman empires conquered are subjugated other cultures, various deities were incorporated into their culture. A large portion of the Greek and Roman deities have been found to be linked to deities from earlier conquered civilizations (mainly Egyptian, Babylonian cultures).
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soo soo cool! i think that egypt it self is like the best.\n\nive been reading about egypt since i was 3! i total lov it.\ni recon its so cool how they wrote hieroglyphs and stuff its sooo cool! when i have the money im soo going there!
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Religion guided every aspect of Egyptian life. Egyptian religion was based on polytheism, or the worship of many deities, except for during the reign of Akenaton. The Egyptians had as many as 2000 gods and goddesses. Some, such as Amun, were worshipped throughout the whole country, while others had only a local following. Often gods and goddesses were represented as part human and part animal. \n\nFor example, Horus, the sky god, had the head of a hawk, and body of a human. They considered animals such as the bull, the cat, and the crocodile to be holy. Their two chief gods were Amon-Ra and Osiris. Amon-Ra was believed to be the sun god and the lord of the universe. Osiris was the god of the underworld. Stories about him revolved around the idea of immortality. Osiris was the god that made a peaceful afterlife possible. The Egyptian "Book of the Dead" contains the major ideas and beliefs in the ancient Egyptian religion. Because their religion stressed an afterlife, Egyptians devoted much time and wealth to preparing for survival in the next world. \n\nThe Egyptians had many tales about how the world began. According to one legend, it started with an ocean in darkness. Then a mound of dry land rose up and the sun god Re appeared. He created light and all things. Another version has the sun God emerging from a sacred blue lotus that grew out of the mud, while a third version has him appearing as a scarab beetle on the eastern horizon. \n\nTemples were considered dwelling places for the gods. They were everywhere. Each city had a temple built for the god of that city. The purpose of the temple was to be a cosmic center by which men had communication with the gods. As the priests became more powerful, tombs became a part of great temples. Shown below is a typical temple flood plan with the purposes of each section given. \n\nThe priests duty was to care for the gods and attend to their needs. The priests had many duties such as funeral rites, teaching school, supervising the artists and works, and advising people on problems. \n\nThe Egyptians saw death as a transitional stage in the progress to a better life in the next world. They believed they could only reach their full potential after death. Each person was thought to have three souls, the "ka," the "ba," and the "akh." For these to function properly, it was considered essential for the body to survive intact. The entire civilization of Ancient Egypt was based on religion, and their beliefs were important to them. Their belief in the rebirth after death became their driving force behind their funeral practices\n\nWhen a person died, the priests recited prayers and a final attempt was made to revive the deceased. The body was then washed and purified in a special shelter called an ibu. The body was then taken the wabet, which was the embalmer's workshop. A cut was made in the left side, and all the organs were removed and stored in containers known as canopic jars. The body was then packed with a salt called natron for a period of forty days. After the forty days had passed, the insides were filled with linen or sawdust, resin and natron. The body was wrapped in bandages with jewelry and amulets between the layers. A portrait mask was placed over the head of the deceased by the Chief Embalmer, who wore a jackal mask to represent Anubis. The wrapped body, or mummy, was put into a coffin. \n\nAfter a period of about 70 days, in which the mummification process took place, the mummy was placed in a decorated coffin. Furniture, carved statues, games, food, and other items useful to the next life were prepared to be buried with the mummy. The last ritual performed by the priest on the mummy was called the "Opening of the Mouth." This ceremony was to magically give the deceased the ability to speak and eat again, and to have full use of his body. After placing the mummy in the sarcophagus, the tomb was sealed.
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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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Ancient Greece offers us a wealth in all the areas you listed. Their dramas are still pertinent to this day ie the conflict of divided loyalties as presented in Sophocles "Antigone". We can learn much about human nature by exploring the mythology created by the Greeks as they sought to explain humans and their existence. They produced beautiful as well as utilitarian structures that celebrated life. They became a spring board for the developing mythologies of the East as they endeavored to portray deities as more accessible and supportive.
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I don't know who the president is, but Egypt is so beautiful and full of history and wonders that have intrigued people for ages. The ancient Egyptians were amazing and you can still see their work today.
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1) A society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"\n\n2) The social process whereby societies achieve civilization\n\n3) A particular society at a particular time and place \n     e.g. "Indus valley civilization"\n\n4) The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste\n     "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
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I don't think so.  Look into Egyptian mythology and see what the allure was to them.  I don't even think that the Egyptians thought that.
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For me that was The Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: دولتِ عَليه عُثمانيه Devlet-i Âliye-i Osmâniyye; literally, "The Sublime Ottoman State", modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu), also sometimes known as the Turkish Empire, existed from 1299 to 1923. \n\n The Ottomans are one of the greatest and most powerful civilizations of the modern period. Their moment of glory in the sixteenth century represents one of the heights of human creativity, optimism, and artistry. The empire they built was the largest and most influential of the Muslim empires of the modern period, and their culture and military expansion crossed over into Europe. Not since the expansion of Islam into Spain in the eighth century had Islam seemed poised to establish a European presence as it did in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Like that earlier expansion, the Ottomans established an empire over European territory and established Islamic traditions and culture that last to the current day (the Muslims in Bosnia are the last descendants of the Ottoman presence in Europe).\n\n   The Ottoman empire lasted until the twentieth century. While historians like to talk about empires in terms of growth and decline, the Ottomans were a force to be reckoned with, militarily and culturally, right up until the break-up of the empire in the first decades of this century. The real end to the Ottoman culture came with the secularization of Turkey after World War II along European models of government. The transition to a secular state was not an easy one and its repercussions are still being felt in Turkish society today; nevertheless, secularization represents the real break with the Ottoman tradition and heritage.\n\n   The greatest figure of Ottoman history, again for me was the Sultan Suleyman, who built from the conquests of his father a great city, military machine, empire, and culture. No culture seems to invite such a total association of the entire history and greatness of the culture in a single individual as Ottoman culture does. This is not just a European prejudice; Muslims themselves can hardly resist the temptation of summing up the whole of Ottoman culture and history in this brilliant and dignified human being. For very few figures in history encompassed so much of their culture, and very few near-mythical figures have left so much of their humanity to posterity. For Islam produces an odd relationship between individuals and history. The inherent dignity and perfectibility of humanity in Islam tends to produce mythical figures like Suleyman who seem to master every human art; but the spiritual egalitarianism of the religion also leads to a surprising humanisation of these mythical figures. Sit back and prepare yourself for a tour of one of the great flowerings of human genius, dignity, and cultural creativity.
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The ancient Egyptians were perfectly capable of using the basic mathematics necessary for the construction and layout of most pyramids. Despite the superb accuracy of the layout and plan, this was not impossible for them to achieve, nor did it require calculus. While no mathematical texts from the Old Kingdom survive, texts from the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period demonstrate a clear familiarity on the part of the Egyptians with basic arithmetic, geometry, and trigonometry.\n\nThere is absolutely no evidence that alien help was needed to construct the pyramids, which were intended as tombs for Egyptian kings.\nSome of the best evidence for human responsibility, and specifically Egyptian human responsibility dating to the 4th Dynasty, for the construction of pyramids comes from the site of Giza itself. Giza is the place most people think of when they think of Egyptian pyramids, though there are numerous pyramids in other areas of Egypt and Nubia and the Giza pyramids are by no means the earliest pyramids constructed in Egypt.\nAlso of significance are a number of inscriptions associated with the so-called "Great Pyramid" of Khafre at Giza. One of the inscriptions on a stone block making up the pyramid gives the name and regnal year of Khafre. Others bear the names given to crews of workmen responsible for moving the stone blocks into place. At least one of these inscriptions is located in an area almost impossible to reach - frequently the inscription is examined using a mirror - thus making it highly unlikely that it was a later addition.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe pyramid is thought to have developed out of the mastaba tomb. Mastaba is an Arabic word, meaning bench, which was applied to the flat-topped, slope sided superstructures of tombs. The pyramid is also thought to be associated with solar worship and the "ben-ben" stone which played a major role in sun worship and was vaguely pyramid shaped.\n\nIn the 3rd Dynasty, several mastabas were stacked forming the Step Pyramid of King Djoser. By the 4th Dynasty in the reign of Snefru attempts at building a true pyramid were underway. The pyramids of the 4th and 5th Dynasties, including those at Giza, essentially reflect the further refinement of the pyramid, the chambers within it, and the associated temple complexes. Eventually the standard style was an orientation of east to west (significant in Egyptian religion), with a pyramid temple, located directly on the east side of the pyramid, and a causeway leading to the "valley temple" located near the Nile at the edge of the cultivation.\nWhile it is accepted by reputable Egyptologists that pyramids served as burials for kings, the exact details of the theology behind them remains unclear. One idea, popularized I believe by Dr. Mark Lehner, one of the foremost experts on Egyptian pyramids, is that pyramids served as "resurrection machines" providing all the necessary means for eternal life with the gods for the dead king.\nIn the late 5th Dynasty in the Pyramid of Unas at Saqqara, we have the first appearance of formal texts within the pyramid itself - the appropriately-named Pyramid Texts. These texts are somewhat esoteric and are essentially a collection of spells, stories, and guides relating to the Underworld. Initially these texts were limited to royalty. In succeeding pyramids, elements of the Pyramid Texts were included in the "Coffin Texts" of the First Intermediate and Middle Kingdom and in the "Book of the Dead" of the New Kingdom - texts available to a broad spectrum of society.\n\nPyramid construction continued in the Middle Kingdom - again limited to royalty, but not on the grand scale of the Old Kingdom. The last known royal pyramids located in Egypt are that of King Ahmose, founder of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom (ca. 1550 BCE) and the pyramid-cenotaph constructed for his grandmother, Queen Tetisheri. Both are located at Abydos.\n\nIn the New Kin