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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. Sayyid Qutb - Wikipedia

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    Within Egypt itself, the martyrdom of Sayyid Qutb give birth to a new generation of militant Islamists calling for the implementation of sharia; such as Abdus Salam Faraj, 'Umar Abdul Rahman, Shukri Mustafa, etc. [116] According to authors Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, "it was Sayyid Qutb who fused together the core elements of modern ...

  5. 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]

  6. 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.

  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. List of Egyptian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Siege towers — Moving siege towers were invented in Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. [13] Naval ram — Naval rams were built on ships since at least the reign of Amenhotep I. [14] Grappling hook — The ancient Egyptians used grappling hooks as early as the Bronze Age collapse and in their war with the Sea people. [15]

  9. Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile - Wikipedia

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    Sargent made several trips to Egypt, Greece and Turkey as part of a project commissioned by the Boston Public Library to explore the origin of Western religion through art. Whilst in Egypt, he created this canvas in 1890–91, depicting a group of locals drinking or collecting water from the Nile which had been raised to the bank by a shaduf. [1]