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Travels in American Iraq
Travels in American Iraq By Reviewer: Scott Burchill August 28, 2004 Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format TRAVELS IN AMERICAN IRAQ, By John Martinkus, Black Inc, $ The…
Lithuanian tourism stand found to be the most original and professional
The Lithuanian tourism stand featured at the 12th international tourism exhibition “Tour and Travel Warsaw 2004” held in Warsaw, Poland, was acknowledged as the most original and most professionally built…
The Bamboo Cage Bar in Malta
Seven O'clock in the evening is a good time to head off up the road and find a nice place to relax in with a beer to hand. Our ship…
19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC) Part.2
Nineteenth Dynasty A fine stela, of year 3 found in the fortress of Kuban in Lower Nubia, records the successful digging of a well in the land of Ikita where…
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Alexandria: The Ptolemaic Dynasty The achievements of the Greeks in the ancient world, by no means few, may have reached their peak in the city of Alexandria. No less a…
1st Dynasty (2920 – 2770 BC)
First Dynasty Egypt's 1st Dynasty saw the emergence of a unified land stretching from the Delta to the first cataract at Aswan, a distance of over one thousand kilometers along…
19th Dynasty (1295 – 1186 BC) Part.1
Nineteenth Dynasty After the recovery from the religious revolution, Egypt was a changed world. It is not easy to define the exact nature of the changes, since there are many…
Roman Period
Alexandria: The Roman Period The final century or so of Ptolemaic rule from Alexandria is a sad one, primarily because many of the later Ptolemies, Pharaohs they might have appeared…
2nd Dynasty (2770 – 2650 BC)
Second Dynasty Manetho's SECOND DYNASTY of nine kings from Thinis presents even more intractable problems than its predecessor. Four of the Manethonian names are recognizable, despite grave distortion, in the…
20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.3
Twentieth Dynasty It was not until after the defeat of Pinhasi that his title of King's Son of Cush, together with other offices which went with it, could be annexed…
Byzantine Period
Alexandria: The Byzantine Period It is with the ascension of the Roman emperor Constantine that a new era began for Alexandria, as well as for the Empire as a whole.…
3rd Dynasty (2650 – 2575 BC)
Third Dynasty The Third Dynasty, which with the next three dynasties constitutes the Old Kingdom, is characterized by the grand line of pyramids running along the western desert from near…
20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.2
Twentieth Dynasty It is only in passing that reference can be made to the buildings erected by Ramesses III elsewhere, a small temple at Karnak being particularly well preserved. His…
Abbasid Period
Abbasid Period The first and second Muslim civil wars appear to have made little difference in Cairo's life, though the governors of Egypt now received their orders from Damascus instead…
4th Dynasty (2575 – 2467 BC)
Fourth Dynasty Of contemporary remains of Dynasty III, there is nothing more to record save some blocks of a temple built by Djoser at Heliopolis, so that we may now…
20th Dynasty (1186 – 1069 BC) Part.1
Twentieth Dynasty Manetho has no more to tell us about Dyn. XX than that it consisted of twelve kings of Diospolis (Thebes), who reigned according to Africanus for 135 years…
Fatimid Period
The Fatimid Period Fatimid Rulers Gawhar El-Sakali (969-973AD) Al-Mezz Leideinallah (973-975AD) Al-Aziz Leideinallah (975-996AD) Al-Hakim Biamrallah (997-1020AD) Al-Zahir Lazazdinallah ( 1020-1094AD) Al-Mustansir Biallah ( 1035-1094AD) Al-Mustali Biallah (1094-1101AD) Al-Amir Biahkamallah…
5th Dynasty (2465 – 2323 BC)
Fifth Dynasty Whatever the origin of the Fifth Dynasty, there can be no doubt as to its changed and highly individual character. According to the tale, Reddjede's eldest son was…
21st Dynasty (1070 – 945 BC)
Twenty-first Dynasty Throughout the eleventh and following centuries before our era, the essential duality of the land of the Pharaohs found novel and unexpected expression. The initial stage could not…
Ayyubid Period
Ayyubid Period Ayubbide rulers King Nasser Saladin (1171-1192AD) King Aziz Emad Eddin (1192-1198AD) King Mansour Nasser Eddin (1198-1200AD) King Adel Seif Eddin (1200-1218AD) King Kamil Nasser Eddin (1218-1238AD) King Seif…