Ludwig told the legend of the Nile

Author: Ludwig
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Reasons to Read This Book: The Nile, the longest river in Africa and the world. It originates from highlands south of the equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa, emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile Basin covers about one-tenth of the African continent and is divided into seven major regions. The Nile is 6,650 kilometers long, with a basin area of 3,349,000 square kilometers, and an average flow rate of 3,100 cubic meters per second. Ludwig (1881-1948), a German writer, gained international fame for his many popular biographies. In 1920, he published a biography of J.W. von Goethe, which made him a writer of the "New Biography Movement," emphasizing individual personalities. Readers have mixed opinions on Ludwig's works. Recommended for the following groups: archaeologists or history enthusiasts, Egyptologists or enthusiasts of Egyptian civilization, water culture researchers or enthusiasts, travelers or river cruise passengers, and students and teachers observing the river from a Western scientific perspective. Rivers seem lifeless from this viewpoint, devoid of emotions or a life cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death. However, from the perspective of Chinese [Earth Ethics], rivers are alive, experiencing emotions and undergoing a life cycle. The Nile, the longest river in Africa and the world, is such a living river. It encompasses the largest lake in the Eastern Hemisphere, the highest mountain in the African continent, and the largest cities, as well as three religions and four or five different civilizations. It is an unparalleled river. Ludwig, the German writer famous for his popular biographies, with his eloquent pen and the spirit of [Earth Ethics], portrays the emotions and life cycle of this "Life-Giving Water."
The Mesopotamian civilization emerged in the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin, the Indian civilization in the Indus River Basin, the ancient Greek civilization in the Aegean Sea, Chinese civilization in the Yellow River Basin, and Egyptian civilization in the Nile Basin. The great rivers and the waters they embrace are the cradles of human civilization. This book is a biography of one of the cradles—the Nile, making it a true "River Biography." It tells the story of the Nile "as a fable," allowing readers to "in the river" see "the image and fate of humanity."
This is a book about geography, but also a book about history. It is a "River Biography," but more importantly, it is a "Transmission of Ethnicity and Civilization" that has endured through the ages in the river basin. In this unparalleled "biography," we read three thousand years of Sudanese history, six thousand years of Egyptian history. We read of this childlike river that runs out of the primeval forest, grows, faints, falls, rises, never gives up, and never yields to defeat.