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  2. Egyptomania in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon was accompanied by many scientists and scholars during this campaign, which led to a large interest in the documentation of ancient monuments in Egypt. Thorough documentation of ancient ruins led to an increase in the interest about ancient Egypt. [2] In 1822, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the ancient hieroglyphs by using the ...

  3. List of films set in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Set in Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, a member of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The film is based on the founding narrative of the Exodus, as depicted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman: 2015 A.D. The Bible Continues: 2015 Antony and Cleopatra: 2015 The Scorpion King 4 ...

  4. History of YouTube - Wikipedia

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    YouTube has faced criticism over aspects of its operations, including its handling of copyrighted content contained within uploaded videos, [3] its recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories and falsehoods, [4] hosting videos ostensibly targeting children but containing violent or sexually suggestive content ...

  5. History of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The pharaonic period, the period in which Egypt was ruled by a pharaoh, is dated from the 32nd century BC, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified, until the country fell under Macedonian rule in 332 BC.

  6. History of Western civilization before AD 500 - Wikipedia

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    The ancient peoples of the Mediterranean heavily influenced the origins of Western civilisation. The Mediterranean Sea provided reliable shipping routes linking Asia, Africa and Europe along which political and religious ideas could be traded along with raw materials such as timber, copper, tin, gold and silver as well as agricultural produce ...

  7. First Principles (book) - Wikipedia

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    In "Part II", First Principles explores how these four Founding Fathers of the United States drew upon the histories of the ancient republics in their approaches to the American Revolution and the construction of a new form of government, citing a letter from Adams as "as succinct an example as exists of the influence of the classical model on ...

  8. President George W. Bush's first inauguration speech: Full text

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    Bush and outgoing Vice President Al Gore's election had become a legally fraught battle over a recount in Florida -- chock full of hanging chads and a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

  9. Ramesses I - Wikipedia

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    Menpehtyre Ramesses I (or Ramses) was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 19th Dynasty.The dates for his short reign are not completely known but the timeline of late 1292–1290 BC is frequently cited [2] as well as 1295–1294 BC. [3]