Ancient Africa

Miriam! What a fascinating person. What a joy it has been to unpack her life story. I do hope you find her as enthralling as I did. The previous book, Miriam Part I: Devoted Sister, told of a little girl who saved the life of her baby brother, Moses. We traced her girlhood years as she faced the horrors of belonging to a large and rapidly-growing nation of slaves, owned and ill-treated by the Pharaoh of Egypt. Despite their conditions her parents, Amram and Jochebed, managed to instill in their daughter a rich faith in the one true God, Yahweh. This book takes up Miriam's story at around ...

En este libro, se le enseñará acerca de algunos de los dioses y diosas egipcios más prestigiosos que fueron adorados hace mucho tiempo. Después de algunos recursos educativos e información sobre ellos, nos sumergimos en algunas de las historias más intrigantes que la antigua cultura egipcia pudo reunir, como Isis y los siete escorpiones, el campesino y el trabajador, la gran reina Hatshepsut y la princesa de Bekhten. Estos mitos despertarán la imaginación y te dejarán maravillado y asombrado.

Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835 - 1923) was an African American clergyman and editor. He served as a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1886, and founded The Christian Recorder, an important early African American newspaper. In The Negro in Holy Writ, published in 1900, Tanner shows that the African people are described in the Bible. He argues that the ancient Cushim were the ancient Ethiopians, and that they were Negroes. The book provides evidence for the unity of all mankind.

Africa, the cradle of humanity, is a continent brimming with potential. From its vast natural resources and swathes of arable land to its vibrant youthful population, Africa is ready to usher in a new age of prosperity and claim its place on the global stage. But the continent will not flourish without visionary leadership, careful planning, thoughtful innovation, and openness to change.

The indigenous Africans known as pygmies have interested outsiders for thousands of years. In the 2200s BC, the Egyptian pharaoh Pepi II referred to one as a "dancing dwarf of the god from the land of spirits", and the Ancient Greeks were also familiar with them. Today, of course, anthropologists know a lot more about the pygmies, a collective of indigenous groups in Africa who are still defined by the fact that they have an average height of less than five feet tall.

Small town science teacher Keith Bradley climbs into a red Tesla with English teacher Talia Ramin for the field trip of a lifetime. At stake is a missing copy of the Scriptures on gold tablets. At risk is the trust of an ancient order sworn to keep the tablets safe. Talia's archaeologist aunt and uncle may have lost their last clue to artifact thieves. A government ultimatum might undo every lesson they have taught their students about keeping the Word safe. from Chapter Eighteen – “Are You So Selfish?” “What?” Keith jumped up. “What are you saying? We’re supposed to take the ...

Harvey Johnson was a Baptist minister form Baltimore, Maryland. In his book The Hamite, he investigates the ancient people of the Near East.

There is enormous power inherent within each race. This is their competitive advantage. Think about this seriously. Human society revolves around the variety and disparity of these competitive advantages amongst racial groups and classes. Even though at times lit up by individuals who discover them by research or otherwise they are a group factor. In this every individual shoulders particular responsibilities and duties which must be carried out accurately. Some telling questions to the Black Race; Do we know our inherent ancestral competitive advantages? Are we using our own competitive ...

In diesem Buch begibst du dich auf eine Reise ins alte Ägypten, als Könige noch als Götter galten, Pharaonen gewaltige Pyramiden bauten, große Schlachten geschlagen wurden und die Welt, wie wir sie heute kennen, entstand. Spannende Bilder und Karten helfen dir, dich in diese Zeit hineinzuversetzen und im Handumdrehen ein Experte zu werden! Reise durch die Zeit und lass die Geschichte mit lustigen, interessanten und aktuellen Fakten zu allen wichtigen Ereignissen einer der faszinierendsten Epochen lebendig werden!

Amplíe sus conocimientos sobre la cultura de los antiguos egipcios y descubra la magia que envolvía sus vidas. ¿Siempre le ha fascinado la cultura del antiguo Egipto? ¿Quiere aprender sobre el tipo de magia que practicaban? ¿Quiere incorporar la magia del antiguo Egipto a su práctica mágica de la nueva era? La práctica de la magia tenía un papel muy importante en la antigua civilización egipcia. Estudiando cómo veían la magia los que la practicaban en aquella época, podrá descubrir los secretos para practicar magia en los tiempos modernos.

Among all the periods in ancient Egyptian history, the Ptolemaic Kingdom and its most famous ruler, Cleopatra, may be the most well-known today. By the 4th century BCE, it appeared as though ancient Egypt was in its final death throes. It had long ceased to be an influential kingdom in the Near East and Mediterranean regions, and it had been ruled over by a succession of foreign peoples including Libyans, Nubians, Assyrians, and Persians. But just when Egypt seemed was doomed to pass forever into obscurity, it was reinvigorated by outsiders, most notably Alexander the Great.

In part one, 'First Contact', we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas.

History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous impact on the Roman imagination. Resisting from outside Rome's borders or rebelling from within, they emerge vividly in Rome's historical tradition, and left a significant footprint in archaeology.

The concept of international trade was born in the ancient Mediterranean, which provided the perfect set of circumstances needed to produce an intricate trading system whose influence can still be seen in present-day economic practices.

Historical Sketches of the Ancient Negro (1920) by Edward and Josephine sought to correct the image of their African ancestors in the perception of Afro-Americans. The authors explore the ancient history of Cush, Ethiopia, Nubia and other African kingdoms, relying on Biblical text and other primary sources to retell the story of black Africans from an Afrocentric point of view, and providing an important early contribution to Ancient African history.

It is a story of adventure, of travel, and of intrigue. It is also a tale of wedding and betrayal, of jealousy and political maneuvering. For not only are the lives of the four main players in this drama of interest, so are the lives of the many people surrounding them. There are even pirates and great engineering feats. Small wonder that this story has spawned so many fictionalized stories, branching off the main thread of a dying republic becoming an empire.

Durante los varios siglos en que el antiguo Egipto se irguió como una de las más grandes civilizaciones, si no la más grande, del mundo antiguo, los conflictos con sus enemigos jugaban a menudo un rol central en textos jeroglíficos y arte de los templos y tumbas....

Welkom in de rijke en betoverende wereld van Afrikaanse mythologie, waarin de hemel en aarde doordrongen zijn van goddelijke krachten, heldhaftige avonturen en tijdloze verhalen die generatie na generatie worden doorgegeven. Dit boek neemt je mee op een reis door de diverse culturen van Afrika, waar goden en godinnen, mythische wezens en legendarische helden een diepgaande invloed hebben gehad op het weefsel van het dagelijkse leven.

Hannibal Barca, one of Carthage’s most influential generals, lived a couple hundred years before Christ, and has led many Roman troops to victory to conquer the surrounding nations. Famous were his battles with elephants he employed during tactical moves of cavalry and infantry armies alike. His resistance against the Roman powers in the Punic Wars have been praised and lamented worldwide.

The book contains the translation in English and the original Latin text of De Bello Africo and a background taken from the second book of De Bello Civili, by Gaius Julius Caesar, which helps understanding the historical story.