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17 Merchants, Policemen, and Kings The Nubians of Kush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 18 Live and Die by the Sword Assyria .................................. 145 19 Cyrus the Great The Persian Empire ........................ 153 20 A Lasting Legacy The End of Ancient Egypt ................... 161 Ancient Egypt Map. ..............................165 World Map .....................................167 Photo Credits. ...................................169 For Further Reading ..............................171 Pronunciation Guide ..............................175
Chapter One The Black Land and the Red The Geography of Ancient Egypt Thousands of years ago in northern Africa, people lived in little villages scattered along the banks of a mighty river. On either side, beyond the river’s reach, golden desert sands stretched to the farthest horizon; but the river provided a thin ribbon of green land, and on this land the people grew their crops and built their homes. Each summer as the sun climbed higher in the sky and the dry winds withered the grasses farther from the water’s edge, the people began to look to the east. They were searching for a star. Early one morning in late summer, a brilliant star would appear, low in the eastern sky. Today we call this star Sirius, the Dog Star, the brightest star in the heavens. But the people along the river knew it as Sopdet (sahp-DET), which meant “sharp” or “bright.” In their artwork, the people pictured Sopdet as a beautiful goddess in a red dress with a five-pointed star upon her head. They rejoiced when they saw Sopdet in the sky, for the appearance of the star meant that a new year had begun. These people divided their year into three seasons, and the first was Akhet (awk-HET), the Season of the Flood. The birth of the new year meant that their river was about to change. SimplyCharlotteMason.com 5
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