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ANCIENT EGYPT 3100 BC - 31 BC (653 words) |
 | 3100 B.C. and continued until 31 B.C. when the combined forces of Antony and Cleopatra lost the Battle of Actium to Rome's Octavian (Caesar Augustus). |
| Historical novel set during the reign of Thutmose III (1490-1436 B.C.), this fascinating tale provides a detailed look at the culture of ancient Egypt. |
| Historical novel set in ancient Egypt about 700 B.C. when King Hezekiah of Israel and Sennacherib of Assyria were at odds. |
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Africa - MSN Encarta (1805 words) |
| In about 3100 bc the two kingdoms were united by Narmer, king of Upper Egypt, who thus founded the earliest dynasty of Ancient Egypt. |
| The Great Pyramid of Giza was built in about 2500 bc as a tomb for Khufu, the second king of the Fourth Dynasty (about 2575 to 2467 bc), and is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World that survives intact today. |
| By 1500 bc their copper-working techniques and furnaces were well developed and the technology had spread to other copper-bearing areas of the southern Sahara. |
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