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我曾经说,人类的早期文明带在北纬15°至45°之间。这个判断有史实作依据,比前人所讲的“北温带”要准确一些。须知,旧大陆的文化摇篮和文明古国,没有一个不在这条纬度带里面。 这条纬度带的中轴线,显而易见,是北纬30°线。 我们不妨做一次假想的“早期文明之旅”:以尼罗河三角洲为起点,用现代的交通工具,从西向东,横贯旧大陆,去看看在北纬30°线两侧有哪些早期文明的遗存。 启程不久,最先进入我们视野的,是在东经约31°,几乎紧贴着北纬30°线,有吉萨的三大金字塔。其中胡夫金字塔是金字塔之王,原高146米,今高136米。它的东南面有古王国时期的埃及都城孟菲斯,它的东北面是现在的开罗市。
I once said that the early civilization of mankind was between 15 ° and 45 ° north latitude. This judgment is based on historical facts and is more accurate than what the predecessors said about the “north temperate zone.” Notice, the cultural cradle of the old continent and ancient civilizations, none of which is not in this latitude zone. The central axis of this latitude belt, obviously, is 30 ° north latitude. We might as well make an imaginary “journey of early civilization”: starting from the Nile Delta, using modern means of transport, from west to east, across the old continent, to see what remains of early civilization on both sides of the 30 ° north latitude line. Shortly after leaving Hong Kong, our first visit to our field of vision was at about 31 ° east longitude, almost close to the 30 ° north latitude line with the three pyramids of Giza. The Khufu pyramid which is the king of the pyramid, 146 meters high, 136 meters high today. It southeast of the ancient capital of Memphis, the capital of Egypt, its northeast is now the city of Cairo.