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itveredrethanthirteenacresofdeserthree
tisaschspaceasthatoccupiedbythechurchofst.
peter,thelargestedificeofthechristianworld.
duringtenwere
busytheothersideofthe
riverferryingthecrossthenilehoanaged
todothis,innyinstances
alongdistanceacrossthedesertandfinallyhoisting
thentotheirrrectposition.butsohekings
artheirtaskthatthenarrow
passagebintheheartofthe
stoerhasbeenpushedoutofshapebythe
ofthosethousandsoftonsofstonehpressupon
itfrollsides.
thestoryofegypt
theriseandfallofegypt
theriveileoccasionallyitwas
ahardtaskster.ittaughtthepeoples
bankstheof``teaeydependedupon
eachothertobuildtheirirrigationtrenchesaheir
dikesinrepair.inthisheyleaedhoogetalong
utualbeassociationquite
easilydevelopedintaate.
thenonengreorepoostofhisneighbours
andhebeunityandtheir
nderinchiefheenviousneighboursofe
asiaiheprosperousvalley.indueurseofti
hebeediterranean
totheuntainsofthe.
butthesepoliticaladveheoldpharaohsthe
eant``thenhebighouserarely
iedthepatientandtoilingpeasantofthegrainfields.
providedheoretaxestohisking
thahoughtjust,heacceptedtheruleofpharaohashe
aightyosiris.
ite
androbbedhifhispossessions.aftertyturiesof
indepelife,asavagearabtribeofshepherds,calledthe
hyksos,attackedegyptandforfivehundredyearstheywere
thestersofthevalleyoftheheywerehighlyun
popularahateforthehebrewswho
catothelandofgoshentofindashelteraftertheirlong
hroughthedesertandhefn
usurperbyagashistaxgatherersandhiscivilservants.
butshortlyaftertheyear1700b.c.thepeopleofthebes
beganarevolutionandafteralongstrugglethehyksoswere
drivenoutoftheuntryaore.
athousandyearslater,onqueredallof
epartoftheeireofsardanapalus.
intheseventhorean
indepeateheruleofakingwholivedin
thecityofsaisiaoftheintheyear525
b.c.,cayses,thekingofthepersians,tookpossessionof
egyptandinthefourthturyb.quered
byalexahegreat,egypttoobecaaian
proviregainedaselanceofindependence
selfupaskingofa
neies,
heyofalexandria.
finally,intheyear89b.e.thelast
egyptianqueera,triedherbesttosavetheuntry.
herbeautyandan
generalsthanhalfadozeianarrps.teshe
an
nquerors.butintheyear30b.c.,augustus,thenephew
andheirofcaesar,landedinalexandria.hedidnotshare
hislateunclesadrationforthelovelyprincess.hedestroyed
herares,butsparedherlifethatheghtkeher
rhistriuhaspartofthespoilsofwar.when
cleopatraheardofthisplan,shekilledherselfbytakingpoison.
abecaaronprovince.
sopotaa
sopotaathesereof
eastecivilisation
iaoingtotakeyoutothetopofthehighestpyrad
andiaoingtoaskthatyouigineyourselfpossessed
oftheeyesofahahedistance,far
beyondtheyelloething
greenandshiering.itisavalleysituatedbetwo
rivers.itistheparadiseoftheoldtestant.itisthe
landofsteryandia
the``untrybetherivers.
thenasofthetheeuphrateshe
babylonianscalledthepurattuaigrishwas
knoidstthe
snoountainsofarniawherenoahsarkfound
arestingpladsloheyflhthesouthe
plainuntiltheyreachtheddybanksofthepersiangulf.
theyperforveryusefulservice.theytuthearid
regionsofeasiaintoafertilegarden.
thevalleyofthenilehadattractedpeoplebecauseithad
offeredtheooduponfairlyeasyter.the``laween
theriversereason.itwasa
untryfullofproseandboththeinhabitantsofthenorthe
untainsaribesedthroughthe
southedesertstriedtoclaihisterritoryastheirownand
stexclusivepossessioantrivalrybethe
untaineersandthedesertnodsledtoendlesswarfare.
onlythestroandthebravestuldhopetosurviveand
thatiabecathehoofavery
strongraeningacivilisation
portantasthatofegypt.
thesurians
thesuriannailers,lay
tabletstellusthestoryofassyria
andbabylonia,thegreatsetic
ltingpot
thefifteeurydisveries.
luustriedtofindaotheislandofkathayand
stuledupoi.anaustrian
bishopequippedaionotraveleastward
andfindthehoofthegranddukeofsvy,a
voyagepletefailure,fors
visitedbyenuntilageionlater.anwhile
acertainveianbythenaofbarberohadexploredthe
ruinsofost
curiouslanguageherocksof
thetelesofshirazandengraveduponendlesspiecesof
bakedclay.
buteuropeanyotherthingsanditwas
notuntilthee
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