Pharo charged with responsiblity of making nile river flood. It fertilizes the land and alows crops to grow. Ancient egyptian name for country is Kemet meaning black (fertile) land. Mastaba pyramid was built for Djoser. It is a steped pyramid, each layer is a step. The great pyramids have flat surfaces, not steped. They are mainly from the old kingdom. Spinx is a protector for the pharo, only one posibility. Major universities have anual digs for studing pyramids. After the old kingdom a positiacal upheval occurs and leads to the middle kingdom. Main change is no more large pyramids constucted like the mortuary city at Giza. After the middle kingdom is the new kingdom. Akhenaten introduses monotheism, the sun god is the only god. He was not liked in egypt. King tutankamun replaced him but died young. During his reign tut was invaded by the persians. Perian empire has very large but egyptians kicked the persians out. Then greeks colonized aroung egypt. Alexander the great whas welcomed in egypt because of his hatred of persians.
megaliths
zigarate buildings in mesopatania
pyramids in egypt
dolmen(burial mounds made of megaliths) in british iles and europe around 3000 b.c.
ineurope the dolmen where being built at same time as pyramids. Also menhirs (standing tones) were built. Stonehenge set of standing stones thught to be a ritual site for drewids. Line up with sun on the soltices. Created befor the writing of history.
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