Long ago in Egypt, a great nation was born along the Nile River in Africa. One ruler united Upper and Lower Egypt around 3,000 B.C. Kings of Egypt were called pharaohs. A written language was invented, one of the world's first. Egypt was one of the first to use the invention of the wheel. It had a calendar of 365 days. It built the great cities of Memphis and Thebes. It mummified its dead. It built huge stone buildings. Many of these great pyramids are still standing today .....