Ancient Egypt Crash Course World History 4
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Crash Course World History 4 on Ancient Egypt
Hi there, my name is John Green and this is crash course world history. Today we're going to talk about Egypt. No, not that Egypt older, older, older, less fictional, yes. That one. Ancient Egypt is probably the most influential of the river valley civilizations. Like you may not recognize any Assyrian kings or Assyrian language, but you probably do know king Tut, and you may recognize that the eye of horus is right now staring at me and judging me. I can feel I can feel your judgment. When we think of ancient civilizations, we think of Egypt.
There are a few reasons for this like the fact that the pyramids are the last man standing among the 7 ancient wonders of the world, but more importantly, ancient Egyptian civilization lasted from 3000 BCE to 332 BCE. That's a period that historians call a long ass time. And I will remind you it is not cursing if I'm talking about donkeys. So there are many approaches to the study of history. You can view history as a millennial long conversation about philosophy or as clashes between great men or you can see history through the lens of traditional