Essays on Egypt

There are three laws governing the acquisition of land by foreign entities. Under Law 143 stipulates, foreign entities are limited in freedom to the area available, and in this case as a foreigner, you are constrained by the number of “feddans” you are allowed access…

Superstition in Egypt There are words on our tongues such as this is a superstition, or is this woman getting dizzy, or is he suffering from dementia and other words? What does “superstition” mean and where did it come from? When did she appear in…

More Progressive Mesopotamia Even though Ancient Egypt is over-discussed to a ridiculous extent, and no one knows what the Agricultural Revolution was, there are supplementary reasons that Ancient Mesopotamia was more original and innovative than these other time periods. Just because things changed in these…

Benefits of the Mesopotamian Civilization The Mesopotamian Civilization was greatly impacted by its geographic location which gave them benefits such as trade and protection, but also challenges such as conflict and flooding. Mesopotamians have been able to trade with all sorts of civilizations due to…

Brief Explanation According to Bowden, Brett. ‘Civilization: “It Means Just What I Choose It to Mean”. According to this article, civilization is understood as an advanced state of a human society containing highly developed forms of government, culture, industry, and common social norms. Ancient civilizations…

Two Rivers Mesopotamia had rich valleys. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were the main rivers. It was prone to river flooding which deposited silt causing fertile soil. Mesopotamia was known as the “fertile crescent”. They grew things like wheat and barley. Comparing Egypt and Mesopotamia One…

In 1939 Erich Lessing took the photograph, The Pyramids of Giza, using an early color camera. Lessing took the picture the same year he fled his home country of Austria due to his Jewish heritage. As stated in the title, the photograph depicts the three…

The pyramids of Egypt are probably the best inheritance by the Egyptians of ancient times a token of this city has been secured. Worked with stone squares secured with white limestone. Toward the start of Administration III the regal developments were changed into pyramids with…

Edward Lane’s Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, first written in 1836, is now a classic which was formerly deemed the most accurate, unknown portrayal of ‘modern’ Egypt. This book tries to be less contemptuous of the Egyptian culture contrary to earlier studies shown…

The aim is to help NGOs establish more sustainable projects serving informal area inhabitants through designers’ intervention. The first phase was held to grasp an understanding of the NGOs’ problems, micro projects they undertake and problems facing their target group – the informal area inhabitants…