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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt (also see Ancient Egyptian) was the civilization of the Nile Valley between about 3000 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. As a civilization based on irrigation it is the quintessential example of an hydraulic empire.

See the following articles:

Timelines

• Egyptian chronology
• History of Ancient Egypt

Writings

• Egyptian hieroglyph
• Egyptian language

Studies of Egypt

• Egyptology
• Egyptian mythology

Artifacts and relics

• Egyptian Museum
• Arts of the ancient world
• Great Pyramid of Giza

Other

• Pharaoh
• List of ancient Egyptians

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