Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4
In which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids...
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Hi there, my name’s John Green and this is Crash Course: World History, and 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 might 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 judgement.[Theme Music]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 Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.But more importantly, Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted from 3000 BCE to 3...
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Hi there, my name’s John Green and this is Crash Course: World History, and 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 might 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 judgement.[Theme Music]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 Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.But more importantly, Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted from 3000 BCE to 3...
