Ancient Egypt

Includes bibliographical references (page 44).This thesis involves development of an interactive GIS (Geographic Information\ud System) based application, which gives information about the ancient history of Egypt. The astonishing architecture, the strange burial rituals and their civilization were some of the intriguing questions that motivated me towards developing this application.\ud The application is a historical timeline starting from 3100 BC, leading up to 664 BC,\ud focusing on the evolution of the Egyptian dynasties. The tool holds information regarding\ud some of the famous monuments which were constructed during that era and also about the civilizations that co-existed. It also provides details about the religions followed by their kings. It also includes the languages spoken during those periods.\ud The tool is developed using JAVA, a programing language and MOJO (Map Objects\ud Java Objects) a product of ESRI (Environmental Science Research Institute) to create map objects, to provide geographic information. JAVA Swing is used for designing the user interface. HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) pages are created to provide the user with more information related to the historic period. CSS (Cascade Style Sheets) and JAVA Scripts are used with HTML5 to achieve creative display of content.\ud The tool is kept simple and easy for the user to interact with. The tool also includes\ud pictures and videos for the user to get a feel of the historic period. The application is built to motivate people to know more about one of the prominent and ancient civilization of the Mediterranean world