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- Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
1: '''Memphis''' was the ancient capital of the [[Old Kingdom]]...
3: ...pt-Hieroglyphs.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hieroglyph]]s in Memphis with a statue of [[Ramses II]] in the background....
5: ...t of [[Fostat|Al Fustat]] (or Fostat) in [[641]]. Memphis was then largely abandoned and became a source of...
7: ... II]]. The [[Saqqara]] [[necropolis]] is close to Memphis.
9: It is believed that Memphis was the largest city in the world from its founda...
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- Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... [[soul music|soul]] and [[R&B]] singer born in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], but raised in [[Detroit, Michigan]]...
8: ...or the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic,...
10: ...rfunkel]] ("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[Th...
16: ... far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
37: *[[1963]] ''[[Laughing on the Outside]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: '''Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina''', ([[Russian language|Russian]] '''С...
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Re...
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisa...
9: ...oning of her violin concerto ''[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offertorium]]''. She later composed a homag...
11: ...2 she followed this by the [[Johannes-Ostern (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Ostern]] ("Easter according to Joh... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...ny, a show that also included [[Ma Rainey]], who did not teach Bessie to sing but probably helped her ...
7: ... railroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. Her recorded accomp...
9: ...iness, and the advent of talking pictures, which did [[vaudeville]] in. Bessie, however, never stopped...
11: ... her old blues groove, but "Take Me For A Buggy Ride" and "Gimme a Pigfoot", are among her most popul...
13: ...ton]]'s uncle) Richard Morgan. They were in an accident and Smith was severely injured. A doctor soon ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...y in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]...
6: ...''The Victorious'''." The origin of the name is said to come from the appearance of the planet Mars du...
11: ..._20040617.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focus...
16: ...ent]] in the mid-[[19th century]], are marked by wide boulevards, public gardens, and open spaces. Th...
18: ...ngs are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching the city to the ... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
16: ...]) also include a spring-loaded button-actuated slide that, when
26: ...romatic harmonicas also have a button-activated slide.
39: ...ic harmonica's layout in the key of C (1 blow is middle C):
120: ...e are in the key of G, then, the melody maker provides the I chord, the IV chord, the V chord and the ...
126: ...ow is one octave below middle C. Hole 7 blow is middle C. The Marine Band 365/28 in G is similar to a... - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
7: ... nominal kings [[Philip III of Macedon|Philip Arrhidaeus]] and the young [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Ale...
9: ...]], and placed it temporarily in [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]. This act led to an open rupture between Ptolem...
13: ...ap of Egypt absolutely his own master. The peace did not last long, and in [[309 BC|309]] Ptolemy comm...
17: ...r]] and [[Greece]]; his possessions in Greece he did not retain, but Cyprus he re-conquered in [[295 B...
19: ...ss of Macedonians and Greeks to his service; nor did he neglect conciliation of the natives. He was a ... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
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7: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Coat of arms of Egypt.png|80p...
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10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Coat of Arms of Egypt|The Great Sea... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ...nt state until about [[1300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society h...
16: * [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] (12th–13th Dynasties)
27: ...society]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: History]]). Evidence of [[pastoralism]] and cultivation of [[cerea...
29: ...the late 20th century archaeologists discovered evidence of human habitation before [[8000 BC]] in an ...
31: ...gyptians "''reflect a mixture of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''"). - Old Kingdom (5401 bytes)
2: ...he administration centralised at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]. The Old Kingdom was followed by a period of di...
4: ... frequently referred to as ''"the Age of the Pyramids"''.
8: ...ramid (the [[Pyramid of Djoser|Step Pyramid]]) in Memphis's new necropolis, [[Saqqara]]. An important perso...
14: ...shur]] (another failure) and the small [[Red Pyramid]], also in Dashur.
16: ...have quarrelled. The latter built the second pyramid and the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Sphinx]] in [[Giza... - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
2: ...between the end of the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]], and the start of the [[New Kingdom ...
4: ...("Seizer-of-the-Two-Lands") near [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] and [[el-Lisht]], just south of the apex of the...
6: ...during the reign of one "Tutimaios" (who has been identified with [[Dudimose I]] of the Fourteenth Dyn...
10: Around the time Memphis and It-tawy fell to the Hyksos, the native Egypti... - Saqqara (4142 bytes)
3: ...featuring the world's oldest standing [[step pyramid]]. It is located some 30 km south of modern-day [...
5: ...luding [[Djoser]]'s [[Pyramid of Djoser|step pyramid]] Photograph courtesy of
7: While [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] was the capital of [[History of Egypt|Ancient E...
12: ...sible today, is the [[Pyramid of Djoser|Step Pyramid]] of the [[Pharaoh]] [[Djoser]].
14: ...e site, in various states of preservation or delapidation. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
8: ...2.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The Great Sphinx.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
9: ...x is seen in profile in front of the [[Great Pyramid]] of [[Khufu]].
13: The body of the Sphinx was carved out of solid bedrock whose removed stones some weighing upward...
17: ==Riddle of the Sphinx==
18: ...se mysteries have collectively earned the title "Riddle of the Sphinx", a nod to its Greek namesake, a... - Pyramid of Djoser (952 bytes)
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3: ...djozer 01.jpg|248px|none|]]<small>''The Step Pyramid''</small>
6: ... to the northwest of the city of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]].
8: ...stone. The step pyramid (or proto-pyramid) is considered to be the earliest large-scale stone construc... - Karnak (2489 bytes)
1: ...mage:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ...
7: ...ond only to the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Giza Pyramids]] near [[Cairo]].
18: ...a few smaller temples and sanctuaries located outside the enclosing walls of the four main parts, as w...
20: ...and diversity not seen elsewhere. Few of the individual features of Karnak are unique, but the size an...
24: ...aktm.htm Karnak Temple] – The University of Memphis. - Egyptian hieroglyph (6639 bytes)
1: ...mage:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg||thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...b|250px|right|Hieroglyphs at the [[Memphis,_Egypt|Memphis]] museum with [[Ramses II]] statue on the back.]]
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12: ...ng was not, however, eclipsed, but existed along side the other forms. The [[Rosetta Stone]] contains ...
20: ...oleon]]'s troops during the Egyptian invasion provided the critical information which allowed Champoll... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
1: ...mage:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ...
2: ...ion probably remained located at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] for much of this. With the [[Nineteenth dynasty...
4: ... of Zeus" ([[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
31: ... In ''The Anchor Bible Dictionary'', edited by David Noel Freedman. Vol. 6 of 6 vols. New York: Double...
33: ...and Helen Strudwick. 1999. ''Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor''. Lon... - Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
1: '''Memphis''' was the ancient capital of the [[Old Kingdom]]...
3: ...pt-Hieroglyphs.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hieroglyph]]s in Memphis with a statue of [[Ramses II]] in the background....
5: ...t of [[Fostat|Al Fustat]] (or Fostat) in [[641]]. Memphis was then largely abandoned and became a source of...
7: ... II]]. The [[Saqqara]] [[necropolis]] is close to Memphis.
9: It is believed that Memphis was the largest city in the world from its founda... - Ptah (2110 bytes)
1: ...mage:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ...
2: ...eated, he simply ''is''. He is also sometimes considered to have been a personification of primal matt...
5: ...ased [[craft]]s, which may have been connected to Memphis being a particularly good source of [[limestone]]...
7: As the chief god, it was considered that [[Apis (Egyptian mythology)|Apis]], the ...
11: ...-Ptah'', the name of a temple at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] which was dedicated to ''Ptah''. - Seker (1714 bytes)
1: ...mage:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ...
2: ...nd the [[Apis (Egyptian mythology)|Apis]] bull at Memphis.
6: Seker was the patron of the royal cemetery near Memphis, and it is called after him, Sakkara, to this day... - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
28: Width = 385 |
44: ...gia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Alabama]] and [[Florida]].
50: ...rnor as a result of Clinton's election to the presidency.
52: ...cratic Party|Democrats]], and a majority of Statewide offices are held by [[United States Democratic P...
68: ...e the Ouachita Mountains and these regions are divided by the Arkansas River; the southern and eastern...
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