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Previously on Earth Ancient Civilizations
By: Aya Dorgham
Let’ s all take our kaleidoscopes and time-travel back thousands of years ago. Voila! We’ re now in Egypt 2554 BC, but it doesn’ t look like our Egypt at all. People are dressed differently. The daily traffic that we always get stuck in is not there. Wait a minute; there are no cars to begin with. The pyramids aren’ t actually built yet. In fact thousands of ancient Egyptians are working on building the first pyramid. The world is really completely different than the one we’ re living in today. However, if it wasn’ t for those ancient civilizations that survived the outrageous conditions of the old ages, we wouldn’ t have become how we are today. Ancient civilizations from the different continents take credit for many of our successes today. After taking a glance at how life was at an African civilization like Ancient Egypt, we’ ll travel together to Europe and Asia to know more about how people lived back then.
The Greeks:
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Ancient Greece is the most significant spark that caused the rest of the Western world’ s development. The very first Greek civilization advanced approximately 4000 years ago, between 750 BC and 146 BC. If you are wondering where the alphabets you learned at school came from, the Greeks were the ones who developed them. The Greeks were, also, the first to arrange the Olympic Games festivities in 776 BC, in the Greek city of Olympia. Ancient Greece is also widely known for their various gods and goddesses. They almost worshipped a distinct God for every occasion, based on their Ancient Greek religion and myths. These Gods have inspired many stories and even movies nowadays. mojotravel. wordpress. com