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The Myth of Egypt in the Koran and the Bible
The word mumluk means slaves. And they were slaves from two distinct regions in asia and europe, if you can call it this way. Theye were slave soldiers who then were promoted to an positions of power and the military. Egypt had almost a mythological status in the imaginations of both christians and moslems because egypt plays a central role in both the bible and the koran. Its symbol of the material world, of worldly wisdom, but also of corruption, sickness, delusion and death. In the bible, god sends moses to lead his people out of egypt and into the promised land,. Is that pretty much how egypt is as understood symbol
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