Question

напишите 10 предложений на тему древние египтяне на английском языке

Answer 1

Ancient Egypt - one of the oldest civilizations of the world, originated in Northeast Africa, the Nile Valley. It is believed that the word "Egypt" comes from the Greek "Aygyuptos". It arose probably from Het-ka-Ptah - the city, which the Greeks later called Memphis. Egyptians themselves called their country "Ta Kemet" - Black Earth - the color of the local soil.
According to Herodotus, Egypt - "the gift of the Nile", as Neil has been a source of inexhaustible fertility, the basis of all economic activity of the population. In Egypt and neighboring areas it had almost everything he needed. Mountains, closes the Nile valley, were rich in various types of stone: granite, diorite, basalt, alabaster, limestone, sandstone. In the metals Egypt was not, but they were caught in the surrounding areas: the Sinai Peninsula - copper, in the desert between the Nile and the Red Sea - Gold, Red Sea - zinc and lead. Silver and iron were delivered mainly from Asia Minor (see. Map minerals Egypt).
Egypt has a favorable geographical position. Mediterranean Sea, connecting it with the coast of Asia Minor, Cyprus, the Aegean islands and mainland Greece. Neil is an important shipping artery linking Upper and Lower Egypt and the whole country with Nubia, which the ancient authors called Ethiopia.