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'And they say that they were the first that have been shown to honour the gods and perform sacrifices and processions and festivals, and other rites through which the humans honour the divine; from that their piety had been resounded to mankind. And it seems that the Ethiopian sacrifices are the most pleasing to deity, and they bring as a witness almost the most ancient and the most admired poet (Homer) by the Greeks. He, who states in the Illiad Zeus and the other by him gods going to Ethiopia to participate in the annual sacrifices in their honour and the common entertainment by the Ethiopians: For Zeus to the Ocean with the pious Ethiopians set forth yesterday to feast; and all the gods were following.' From Diodoros' of Sicily. Book 3:2(2-3)

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'And among the nearby living Ichthyophagoi, word has been handed down, having preserved the fame because it was derived from their ancestors, that there took place a great ebb and the entire area of the gulf that has the green appearence became land, and the sea moved to the opposite side, revealing the grounds of the depth; again, a mightly flood came back and restored the sea to her previous state.' From Diodoros' of Sicily. Library of History. Book 3:40(8-9).

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'After the gulf (Acathartos) is the Ophiodes island called after the event, that the king liberated from the serpents for the reasons of killing the people who disembarked there and, also, for the topazes. This stone is transparent, sparkling with golden lustre and is not easy to see during daylight (because it is outshone by the rays of the sun); during the night the collectors can see it and cover it under a vessel for marking. And there is an organization of men proven experts in guarding the stones and collectiing them, their food being supplied by the kings of Egypt.' From Strabo's Geography. Book 16:4(6).

'Four large nations inhabit the extremes of the aforementioned country (Arabia Eudaemon); the Mineans on the side of the Red Sea, their greatest city being Carna or Carnana, followed by the Sabaeans, whose metropolis is Marib.' From Strabo's Geography. Book 16:4(2).

حمداً لله وكفى وصلاة وسلاماً على عباده الذين اصطفى ثم أما بعد.. بداية ًأشكر لأخي وحبيبي أ/ محمد عبد العظيم وسية.. على مدى حبه وتقديره لمدرسته الجميلة وأدعو الله أن يُعلي قدره في الدنيا والآخرة وأن تظل المدرسة في سويداء القلوب دائماً وأن يعلِي من قدر رجالها القائمين على صنع الرجال فهم كما وصفتهم من قبل رجال يصنعون رجالاً - على مدى الزمان- وأن يجعل ابناءها منارات للعلم والخير والهدى في ظل طاعةٍ لله عز وجل اللهم آمين .. ولا ننسى نسبة الفضل لأهل الفضل ممن أفنوا زهرة شبابهم في سبيل نشر العلم والقيم والمبادئ السمحة في نفوس زملائهم أولاً ثم طلابهم من بعد .. وعلى رأس تلك القائمة نماذج مشرفة ومضيئة على سبيل المثال لا الحصر... أستاذنا المبجل : محمد عبد الله عبد المطلب على احمد هليسة خليفة مرزوق عبد المنعم إبراهيم " رحمه الله " ................

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'And she (Semiramis) built two palaces on the banks of the very river, one on each side of the bridge, from which was to oversee the entire city and hold the keys to the most important srctions of the city.' From Diodoros' of Sicily. Library of History. Book 2:8(3-4).

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'Semiramis, being by nature grandiose and honourably ambitious to surpass in glory her predecessor king, wished to found a city in Babylonia, selecting from everywhere architects and skilled artisans and procuring everything that was needed, assembled from the entire kingdom two million men for the completion of the work. Setting the Euphrates river in the middle of the city, surrounded the city with a wall three hundred and sixty stadia in circumference, as Ctesias of Cnidos says, but according to Cleitarchos and the ones who later on crossed into Asia with Alexander, three hundred and sixty-five stadia; and they added that it was her noble wish to make the number of the stadia the same as the number of days in the year.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 2:7(2-4).

'After that, she (Semiramis) went through all Egypt and, having subdued most of Libya, she went to the oracle of Ammon to inquire of the god about her own end. It is said that she was told that she would disappear from among men and in Asia she would receive from some nations undying honours, which would take place when her son Ninyas would conspire against her.' From Diodoros' of Sicily The Library of History. Book 2:13(14).