WebThis is an index of subjects on Wikipedia. Each entry below is an alphabetical index of its respective subject area. ... For an alphabetical index of all articles on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Contents. General reference Culture and the arts Geography and places ... Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Tunisia Central Africa:

WebThe culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria's multiple ethnic groups. The country has 527 languages, seven of which are extinct. Nigeria also has over 1150 dialects and ethnic groups. The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausas that are predominantly in the north, the Yorubas who predominate in the southwest, and the Igbos in the southeast. There …

WebEgypt essentially has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).The climate is generally extremely dry all over the country except on the northern Mediterranean coast which receives rainfall in winter. In addition to rarity of rain, extreme heat during summer months is also a general climate feature of Egypt although daytime temperatures are …

Web"Low culture" is a derogatory term for forms of popular culture that have mass appeal.Its contrast is "high culture", which can also be derogatory.It has been said by culture theorists that both high culture and low culture are subcultures.Popular culture is mass produced by what has been called by socialist culture analyst Theodor Adorno the "culture industry".

WebA society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and …

WebArabic is currently Egypt's official language. It came to Egypt in the 7th century, and it is the formal and official language of the state which is used by the government and newspapers. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Arabic dialect or Masri is the official spoken language of the people. Of the many varieties of Arabic, the Egyptian dialect is the most widely spoken …

WebThe culture of Mali derives from the shared experience, as a colonial and post-colonial polity, and the interaction of the numerous cultures which make up the Malian people. What is today the nation of Mali was united first in the medieval period as the Mali Empire.While the current state does not include areas in the southwest, and is expanded far to the east …

WebOverview. After the turbulent last years of the Second Dynasty, which might have included civil war, Egypt came under the rule of Djoser, marking the beginning of the Third Dynasty. Both the Turin King List and the Abydos King List record five kings, while the Saqqara Tablet only records four, and Manetho records nine, many of whom did not exist or are simply …

WebNabta Playa was once a large internally drained basin in the Nubian Desert, located approximately 800 kilometers south of modern-day Cairo or about 100 kilometers west of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, 22.51° north, 30.73° east. Today the region is characterized by numerous archaeological sites. The Nabta Playa archaeological site, one of the …

WebThe composite Turko-Persian, Turco-Persian or Turco-Iranian tradition (Persian: فرهنگ ایرانی-ترکی) was a distinctive culture that arose in the 9th and 10th centuries in Khorasan and Transoxiana (present-day Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, minor parts of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan).. In subsequent centuries, the Turco-Persian …

WebA step pyramid or stepped pyramid is an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid.Step pyramids are structures which characterized several cultures throughout history, in several locations throughout the world. These pyramids typically are large and …

WebCoordinates The geography of Egypt relates to two regions: North Africa and Southwest. Egypt has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea, the River Nile, and the Red Sea.Egypt borders Libya to the west, the Gaza Strip to the northeast, Israel to the east and Sudan to the south.Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km 2 (387,050 sq mi) which makes it the 29th …

WebThough, following the conquest, Cambyses did try to maintain respect for Egyptian culture and traditions, sources suggest that he was unpopular, particularly amongst Egyptian priests, as the subsumption of Egypt into the Persian empire meant the erasure of Egyptian culture as the mainstream. This tension manifested itself by way of the ...

WebAbusir (Arabic: ابو صير Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [æbuˈsˤiːɾ]; Egyptian pr wsjr; Coptic: ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ busiri, "the House or Temple of Osiris"; Ancient Greek: Βούσιρις) is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality – specifically, an extensive necropolis of the Old Kingdom period, together with later additions – in the vicinity of the modern ...