1. Middle East
Journey to a Magical Underwater World "It's just impossible sir, no sub could take that much pressure." "I came to you because you"re the best. Are you going to live up to your reputation?" The engineer looked apprehensive. His eyes held the memory of a hundred expeditions like this one, all ...
EGYPT Did you know that the Great Pyramid of Khufu is the biggest one of all because it stands 450 feet high and 755 feet square? It was made from 2 million or more giant blocks of stone. I bet you didn't know that the al Azhar Mosque University might be the oldest university. It was built in 971...
Ancient Egypt was a very prosperous part of the world in its time. It strived to be only the best and it was. Though at one point in time there were two separate kingdoms, they were still very powerful; eventually they did come together, becoming a unified whole. A part of these powerful kingdoms in...
Africa is the 2nd largest continent, it is 11,700,000 square miles. It is three times bigger then U.S.A. Scientists believe that life began in Africa. Africa is very a diverse continent. It is divided into 55 countries which have their own language and their own culture. It contains many interesting...
Egypt People Egypt's population was estimated in July 2002 at 70,818,000. The statistics of urban verses rural is 44% urban and 56% rural. 90% of Egypt's population is concentrated in the Nile Delta. There were many different races of people who conquered Egypt. Those people mixed with the E...
VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...
