Jacob Abbott

Cleopatra Jacob Abbott

The parentage and birth of Cleopatra.-Cleopatra's residence in Egypt.-Physical aspect of Egypt.-The eagle's wings and science.-Physical peculiarities of Egypt connected with the laws of rain.-General laws of rain.-Causes which modify the quantity of rain.-Striking contrasts.-Rainless regions.-Great rainless region of Asia and Africa.-The Andes.-Map of the rainless region.-Valley of the Nile.-The Red Sea.-The oases.-Siweh.-Mountains of the Moon.-The River Nile.-Incessant rains.-Inundation of the Nile.-Course of the river.-Subsidence of the waters.-Luxuriant vegetation.-Absence of forests.-Great antiquity of Egypt.-Her monuments.-The Delta of the Nile.-The Delta as seen from the sea.-Pelusiac mouth of the Nile.-The Canopic mouth.-Ancient Egypt.-The Pyramids.-Conquests of the Persians and Macedonians.-The Ptolemies.-Founding of Alexandria.-The Pharos.