My Cultural Tours(3)

Egypt, which recorded that the supreme ruler of ancient Egypt was the pharaoh, located in the lower and middle Nile. In the pyramids I saw female pharaohs, which shocked me, because in ancient times women were generally not high status, and in ancient Egypt the status of women was particularly high. Women enjoyed many legal rights. They were able to engage in commerce and trade as well as own, manage and sell land and private property. Most of the buildings here were generally built of mud bricks, which were then dried by the sun, and some homes were decorated with wooden slats. The desert climate was hot and dry, causing me to black out and get heatstroke. But I woke up a few minutes later to a whole cool sea breeze. I slowly opened my eyes and seemed to know that I was in another country. I sat up, and in front of me was a beautiful sea and many small islands, and a comfortable climate. I seemed to have gotten used to patting my clothes, which were loose like only a few pieces of cloth around my body, but with brooches to fasten them. There were many large ships parked in the harbor, so you can imagine the development of shipping in ancient Greece, as well as the navy. There are many temples here, and I know that Greek religious culture was influenced by the culture of Greek city-states, aristocracy, democratic politics, and geography during its long development, forming a unique religious culture. The history book I had in my hand told me that Greece was bordered on three sides by the sea and had friendly relations with nearby city-states. I nodded as I looked at the merchant ships parked in the harbor of each city-state. Athens had a relatively advanced handicraft and commerce industry and a slave-owning democratic republican form of government. The purpose of education in Athens was not only to train the sons and daughters of the slave-owning nobility to become strong and powerful warriors, but also to become merchants with some cultural knowledge and articulate social activists and politicians. Suddenly, a group of