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The Sahara. Millions of square kilometres of scorched desert and yet here flows a mighty river. Since the dawn of history this river has performed miracles. Every year, the waters of the Nile rose and transformed the desert. This annual flood created a fertile paradise. Protected from the barren desert beyond, people built their lives on the promise of this flood. Nature' s miracle built a great civilisation, Ancient Egypt. Fuelled by the Nile, Egyptian society prospered. But in truth their world was balanced on a knife edge. One year, their abundant crops might attract plagues of biblical proportions. While the next year they might face drought and famine. The Nile held them hostage. Beyond their fields lay the desert, life and death in stark contrast. The pharaoh had to maintain the balance of their world, appeasing their gods and ensuring the gift of the Nile. They struggled to understand their world, hoping to tame its dark forces. If they failed they faced catastrophe. |
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sā hā lā shā mò. guǎng dá jǐ bǎi wàn píng fāng gōng lǐ de zhì rè dà shā mò què liú zhe yī tiáo xióng wěi de dà hé. lì shǐ jiē kāi xù mù zhī chū, zhè tiáo dà hé jiù yǐ jīng zhǎn xiàn le qí jī. měi nián ní luó hé shuǐ wèi dōu huì shàng zhǎng, gǎi biàn shā mò de fēng mào, yī nián yí dù de hóng shuǐ chuàng zào le fēng wò de tiān táng. rén men zài zhè lǐ kào měi nián bì lái de hóng shuǐ wéi shēng, cóng ér bù shòu huāng pì shā mò de qīn hài. zì rán qí jī chuàng zào le bō lán zhuàng kuò de wén míng gǔ āi jí. zài ní luó hé de zī yǎng xià, āi jí shè huì fán huá chāng shèng. ér shì shí shàng, tā men de shì jiè chǔ yú huò fú nán cè de píng héng zhōng. měi nián fēng shōu de nóng zuò wù dōu kě néng yǐn lái huǐ miè xìng de zāi nàn, yì nián zé yǒu kě néng yào miàn duì gān hàn hé jī huāng. ní luó hé zhǔ zǎi tā men de shēng sǐ. nóng tián zhī wài jiù shì shā mò, shēng sǐ kū róng xíng chéng qiáng liè duì bǐ. fǎ lǎo wáng bì xū yào wéi xì shì jiè de píng héng wěn dìng, qǔ yuè tā men de shén yǐ huò dé ní luó hé de ēn cì. tā men fèn lì qù liǎo jiě zì jǐ de shì jiè, qī pàn xún fú tā de hēi àn lì liàng. rú guǒ shī bài, jiù yào miàn duì zhòng dà zāi nàn. |