Labels:text | book | handwriting OCR: A EGYPTIANS beam balance) dating from E T about 3800 BC HE RICH SOIL and warm climate along the River Nile were found in F Nagada, Egypt. G in Egypt encouraged a very early Sailing was H civilization to develop from around another skill I 6000 BC onward. to originate in K The earliest known percussion ancient Egypt, L instruments were found in Egypt as the Nile was perfect for sailing M and date from around 4000 BC. experiments. The earliest pictures These were hourglass-shaped of Egyptian sailboats are from pottery drums with protrusions over around 3000 BC. Po which a skin would have stretched. Egyptian paintings from 1000 BC The oldest evidence for scales also R also show a stringed instrument S comes from Egypt. A set of lime- called a Nanga. This had a boat- T stone weights (probably for use on a shaped body and a tall curved neck. W Y Percussion Instruments Scales Sailboat String Instruments 7 M
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