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    h.

    itveredrethanthirteenacresofdeserthree

    tisaseasthatoupiedbythehofst.

    peter,thelargestedifihristianworld.

    duringtenwere

    busytheothersideofthe

    riverferryingthecrossthenilehoanaged

    todothis,innyinstances

    alongdistanrossthedesertandfinallyhoisting

    thentotheirrrectposition.butsohekings

    artheirtaskthatthenarrow

    passagebintheheartofthe

    stoerhasbeenpushedoutofshapebythe

    ofthosethousandsoftonsofstonehpressupon

    itfrollsides.

    thestoryofegypt

    theriseandfallofegypt

    theriveileoasionallyitwas

    ahardtaskster.ittaughtthepeoples

    bankstheof``teaeydependedupon

    eachothertobuildtheirirrigationtrenchesaheir

    dikesinrepair.inthisheyleaedhoogetalong

    utualbeassociationquite

    easilydevelopedintaate.

    thenonengreorepoostofhisneighbours

    andhebeunityandtheir

    nderinchiefheenviousneighboursofe

    asiaiheprosperousvalley.indueurseofti

    hebeediterranean

    totheuntainsofthe.

    butthesepoliticaladveheoldpharaohsthe

    eant``thenhebighouserarely

    iedthepatientandtoilingpeasantofthegrainfields.

    providedheoretaxestohisking

    thahoughtjust,heaeptedtheruleofpharaohashe

    aightyosiris.

    ite

    androbbedhifhispossessions.aftertyturiesof

    indepelife,asavagearabtribeofshepherds,calledthe

    hyksos,attackedegyptandforfivehundredyearstheywere

    thestersofthevalleyoftheheywerehighlyun

    popularahateforthehebrewswho

    catothelandofgoshentofindashelteraftertheirlong

    hroughthedesertandhefn

    usurperbyagashistaxgatherersandhiscivilservants.

    butshortlyaftertheyear1700b.c.thepeopleofthebes

    beganarevolutionandafteralongstrugglethehyksoswere

    drivenoutoftheuntryaore.

    athousandyearslater,onqueredallof

    epartoftheeireofsardanapalus.

    intheseventhorean

    indepeateheruleofakingwholivedin

    thecityofsaisiaoftheintheyear525

    b.ayses,thekingofthepersians,tookpossessionof

    egyptandinthefourthturyb.quered

    byalexahegreat,egypttoobecaaian

    proviregainedaselanceofindependence

    selfupaskingofa

    neies,

    heyofalexandria.

    finally,intheyear89b.e.thelast

    egyptianqueera,trie