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Alexander the Great conquered Persia in 333 BC only to be
followed shortly by two more vast and unified Iranian empires that
shaped the pre-Islamic identity of Iran and Central Asia: the
Parthian Empire (250BC – 226 AD) and the Sassanian (226 – 650
AD) dynasty. The Sassanians later defeated the Roman Empire.

The Land of Egypt

Egypt is located at the far northeast corner of Africa, bordering the
Mediterranean Sea. A huge river empties the mountains of
northern Africa directly through the center of the country, creating
a fertile valley. The Jews called Egypt “Mazraim” after the son of
Ham because his descendants located there after Babel. In the
Bible, Egypt was the most powerful kingdom in the world around
1400 BC, during the story of Moses.

Egypt is famous for the Pyramids and Sphinx and mummies. Ancient Egypt was divided into Lower Egypt
and Upper Egypt; its chief cities were Memphis in the north and Thebes in the south. The Nile River if
the life blood of the land. It is actually two rivers, the White Nile, which rises in the Victoria Nyanza, and
the Blue Nile, which rises in the Abyssianian Mountains. These two rivers unite in the town of Khartoum
and from there is
courses 1,800 miles
north to the
Mediterranean Sea
through its two
branches. Its length
measured by its
course is around 3,700
miles, the longest in
the world. The river
rises 24 feet at Cairo
th
between the 20 and
30 of September and
th
falls as much by the
middle of May, like clockwork.
Archeologists have had a field day discovering artifacts in the tombs of the kings and temples. The
archaeological discoveries have also impressed scientists a respect for Biblical historical accuracy.
Discoveries like the Rosetta stone and others confirm the historicity of the Bible.

The yellow area on the map above is a map of ancient Egypt at the time of Moses. Notice that the
Egyptian Empire covered the entire northeastern corner of Africa and all the Middle East up to Turkey.

The Egyptians controlled this area of land from 3050 BC through the Ptolemaic period in 30 BC, when
conquered finally by the Romans. The history of ancient Egypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms
called dynasties separated by periods of relative instability known as Intermediate Periods (three of
them). Throughout this period of time, Egypt was invaded a number of times by the Hyksos, the
Libyans, Assyrians, Persians, and finally the Macedonians under the command of Alexander the Great.

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