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The Egyptian Civilization Essay

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Chapter 1 Janetta Rebold Benton from Pace University in New York describes the earlier civilizations of man from various regions that are well known for developments. She talks about ancient civilizations in Egypt, as well as the famous Greece and Rome. She talks about the background of human beings such as the Homo sapiens from Africa and Neanderthal Homo erectus from Europe. She also provides insight for the Paleolithic period which corresponded to the Ice Age as well as the Neolithic period which is the period when man began to farm. Moreover they began rituals and religion during that period, during the Neolithic period. She further talks about the artistic activities that were developed during the early days such as the paintings cave at Lascaux in southern France that were created between 15,000 and 13,000 B.C.E. and this demonstrated the keen observation abilities that humans had during that time. Janetta further talks about the fundamentals of the civilization while mentioning the Mesopotamian civilization that was developed between Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. In her book, she mentions that the Egyptian civilization was developed gradually between 5000 B.C.E. and 3100 B.C.E. She talks about the different culture in Egypt such as ancient writing like cuneiform and hieroglyphics, religious aspects such as karma, the afterlife and even the book of the dead and architecture like the pyramids. She mentions the legacy of the ancient civilizations such as arts that

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