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EGYPT. HOME TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S EARLIEST AND MOST LONG-LASTING CIVILIZATIONS 1N ANTIQ.UITY. DEVELOPED ITS UNIQUE, SOPHISTICATED CULTURE IN RELATIVE SAFETY AND SECLUSION. PROTECTED TO AN EXTENT BY THE NATURAL BARRIERS OF THE DESERTS TO THE EAST AND WEST. AND BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE NORTH. THIS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION ENDURED FOR ALMOST 3.000 YEARS BEFORE IT WAS FINALLY CONQUERED BY THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Few Victorian travelers considered setting off without a copy of this indispensable book in their baggage. Conceived during a voyage to southwestern Africa in the 1850s, it eventually ran into eight editions; this version was the last to incorporate new material. Quaint, practical, and VERY politically incorrect, this wonderful time capsule reveals how Tibetans keep warm, how the Chinese stop asses braying, how to build a snow house, and a multitude of tried, tested, and now forgotten tips.