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Let’s Learn

About Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian civilization was one of the major

civilizations of the Mediterranean world from Egypt's

uni cation around 3100 B.C.E. until the invasion of

Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E.

Historians learned about ancient Egyptian civilization

from Egyptian monuments and artifacts in di erent

Egyptian archeological sites.

The Sphinx and Giza Pyramids, Egypt

Neolithic (later part of the Stone Age) settlers of

northeastern Africa started to change from hunters to

farmers and made advances that paved the way for

future development.

Around 3400 B.C.E., two separate kingdoms were built

up, with the Red Land toward the north in the Nile

Delta and the White Land in the south.
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