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Course: World history > Unit 2. Lesson 1: Ancient Persia. Ancient Persia. Cyrus the Great and the Achaemenid Empire. The Rise of Persia. Zoroastrianism. The Achaemenid Empire. State-building: The Persian Empire.
WATCH: Mesopotamia. READ: Shang Dynasty China. READ: Nubia and Ancient Egypt. READ: The Olmec and Chavín. READ: Aksum. READ: Nok Society. READ: Indus River Valley. Comparing Early Agrarian Societies.
Lesson 2: Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt, an introduction. Ancient Egyptian art. Palette of King Narmer. Seated Scribe. The Great Pyramids of Giza. Pyramid of Khufu. Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx. Pyramid of Menkaure. King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and queen. Temple of Amun-Re and the Hypostyle Hall, Karnak.
Egypt’s 2011 uprisings and their chaotic political and economic aftermath also negatively impacted tourism, one of the country’s most important industries, and the number of visitors is only now beginning to rise once more.
Late Period and the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, an introduction. Meet an Ushabti, an Ancient Egyptian Statuette Made for the Afterlife. Egyptian mummy portraits. The Rosetta Stone. History uncovered in conserving the Rosetta Stone. Decoding the Rosetta Stone.
Akhenaten changed Egyptian art around 1350 BC by introducing a new religion worshiping the sun god Aten. This shift led to a unique art style, seen in a stone plaque featuring Akhenaten, his wife Nefertiti, and their children.
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READ: Nubia and Ancient Egypt. READ: The Olmec and Chavín. READ: Aksum. READ: Nok Society. READ: Indus River Valley. Comparing Early Agrarian Societies. Arts and humanities > World History Project - Origins to the Present > Era 3—Cities, Societies, and …