Ancient civilizations.. Egypt and the East

Since ancient times, in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea, in the Fertile Crescent, Western Asia, and Egypt, great civilizations have arisen, to which the city of Europe and America, and indeed the entire world, owes a great deal. There arose agriculture, trade, industry, writing, engineering, the art of sculpture, building, literature, music, astronomy, and the calendar. Horses, chariots...