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The post-war build-up of arms was unprecedented. This was the beginning of the nuclear war and soon the USSR and US were involved in a deadly arms race. Space exploration became another sphere of Cold War competition, following the Russian launch of Sputnik in 1957. Ancient Rome Map - The Map Archive. Ancient Egypt Map - Ancient Middle East Map | The Map Archive. The Map Archive is your one-stop solution for buying Ancient Egypt maps online. We have a range of thematic Ancient Egyptian maps that tell the story of Ancient Egyptian civilization graphically. One of the oldest civilizations in the Ancient Middle East, the first capital of Ancient Egypt was founded at Memphis c. 3100 BCE by King Menes. The annual flooding, or inundation, of the mighty River Nile fed and sustained Egyptian civilization. The rulers of the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE), Khufu (Cheops), Khafre, and Menkaure, built funerary monuments, or pyramids, at Giza (near Cairo).