Egypt and Turkey each have a surfeit of grand archaeological sites
that have excited travellers over the millenia. Being as they are
at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa the sites reflect a
myriad of influences and the consequences of competing invaders and
civilisations that have put their stamp on what remains. But there
is a constant across the ages and that is the people and the need
for them to survive and make their way in the social and economic
environment that prevailed at the time. True travellers have a
curiosity about the local perspective of common issues, how people
satisfy their basic needs and meet the daily challenges. If you
dont experience these social atmospherics you miss the learning
opportunity that travel provides. This journey visits all of the
popular sites and marvels at their wonder, but the book seeks to
avoid becoming a travelogue of sites, that is better left to the
notable guidebooks available today. A more abiding interest is how
the people see themselves and how they view those with whom they
need to co-exist both nationally and internationally, especially
those from different religious and social structures. What is the
nature of the ruling structure - democracy, dictatorship or
theocracy? How does the ruling structure maintain order? How open
is society? These are the questions the true traveller seeks to
have answered during the course of their journey.
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