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  2. Shadoof - Wikipedia

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    Multi-level shadoof system in Egypt. One theory states that the shadoof was invented in prehistoric times in Mesopotamia as early as the time of Sargon of Akkad (around 24th and 23rd centuries BCE). The earliest evidence of this technology is a cylindrical seal with a depiction of a shadoof dating back to about 2200 BCE.

  3. Hazz al-quhuf - Wikipedia

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    Hazz al-quhuf is composed in the style of a literary commentary on a 42-line poem purported to be written by a peasant (Arabic: فلاح, fallāḥ) named Abu Shaduf. [1] In his commentary, al-Shirbini describes different customs of peasants and urban dwellers, and notes regional distinctions between the Sa'idi people of Upper Egypt, people of the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt, and the poorest ...

  4. Shasu - Wikipedia

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    Egyptians beating Shasu spies (detail from the Battle of Kadesh wall-carving) Two Egyptian texts, one dated to the period of Amenhotep III (14th century BCE), the other to the age of Ramesses II (13th century BCE), refer to tꜣ šꜣśw yhwꜣ, i.e. "The Land of the Shasu yhwꜣ", in which yhwꜣ (also rendered as yhw) or Yahu, is a toponym. [13]

  5. Ancient Egyptian religion - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture. It centered on the Egyptians' interactions with many deities believed to be present and in control of the world.

  6. Shutu - Wikipedia

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    Shutu (/ ˈ ʃ uː t uː / or Sutu / ˈ s uː t uː /) is the name given in ancient Akkadian language sources to certain nomadic groups of the Transjordanian highlands, extending deep into Mesopotamia and Southern Iraq. Some scholars have speculated that "Shutu" may be a variant of the Egyptian term Shasu. [1]

  7. Ancient Egyptian race controversy - Wikipedia

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    The representation of ethnic groups in Egyptian iconography has been a source of dispute among scholars. [3] [4] The question of the race of the ancient Egyptians was raised historically as a product of the early racial concepts of the 18th and 19th centuries, and was linked to models of racial hierarchy primarily based on craniometry and ...

  8. Culture of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The discovery of the Rosetta Stone, a tablet written in ancient Greek, Egyptian Demotic script, and Egyptian hieroglyphs, has partially been credited for the recent stir in the study of Ancient Egypt. Greek, a well-known language, gave linguists the ability to decipher the mysterious Egyptian hieroglyphic language. The ability to decipher ...

  9. Sa'idi people - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 40% of Egyptians live in Upper Egypt, and 80% of Egypt's severe poverty is concentrated in Upper Egypt. [6] The settling of family disputes and blood feuds by firearms (often antiquated, such as Mauser rifle) since at least the 1940s is a long cultural trend in the community, especially in the Hamradoum and Nag Hammadi areas.

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