And another twenty years had to go by until a British officer, Henry Rawlinson, who found the famous inscription of Behistun, gave us a workable key to the nail-writing of western Asia. 又过了20年，英国官员罗林森发现了著名的贝希通岩...
Chapter 08 第八章 The Sumerians 苏美尔人 The Sumerian Nall Writers, Whose Clay Tablets Tell us the story of Assyria and Babylonia The Great Semitic Melting Pot 苏美尔人用刻在泥版上的楔形文字给我们讲述了闪米特人的大熔炉...
Chapter 07 第一章 Mesopotamia 美索不达米亚 Mesopotamia-The Second Center of Eastern Civilisation 美索不达米亚--东方文明的第二个中心 I am going to take you to the top of the highest pyramid and I am going to ask that you imagi...
It regained a semblance of independence when one of Alexander's generals set himself up as king of a new Egyptian state 亚历山太死后，他的一位将军自立为新埃及之王，建都亚历山大城， and founded the dynasty of the Ptolemie...
They were highly unpopular and great hate was also felt for the Hebrews who came to the land of Goshen to find a shelter after their long wandering through the desert 希克索斯人横征暴敛，极不受欢迎。同样不受欢迎的还有希伯来人...
Chapter 06 第六章 The Story of Egypt 埃及的故事 The rise and fall of Egypt 埃及的盛衰 The river Nile was a kind friend but occasionally it was a hard taskmaster. 尼罗河是人类的好友，可有时候，它又像一位严厉的监工。...
Originally these graves had been dug into the rocks of the western mountains 最初，这些坟墓是建在西部山脉的岩石里面， but as the Egyptians moved northward they were obliged to build their cemeteries in the desert. 随着埃及人向...
They understood that it is not good for man to think only of his immediate advantage in this world and they drew his attention to the days of the future 他们懂得，人不能只考虑眼前的利益，这是大有害处的。他们将人们关注的...
While man of the prehistoric age had been obliged to spend sixteen hours out of every twenty-four gathering food for himself and the members of his tribe, 史前人类通常要1天劳动16个小时，为自己的家人和部落成员寻找食物。 t...
News from education today, it makes up our education nation report tonight on whats called the nations report card. It gives us a snap shot of how our kids are doing in various subjects. When it comes to history, the results out today are clear, impr...
