Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Qatar hosts international fencing event” – below is their description.
Qatar’s push to become a focal point for global sport will peak later this year when it hosts the football World Cup.
Right now, fencing is taking centre stage.
Fencing is one of the more complicated and less watched Olympic sports.
Although the sport dates back to Ancient Egypt, it would be nearly impossible for fans to follow from the stands without modern technology.
Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding reports from Doha, Qatar.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt.
Ancient Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3100 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes.
The civilization was notable for the early development of an independent writing system, mathematics, and medicine, construction projects including pyramids, obelisks and temples, trade and even a peace treaty with surrounding regions, the first planked boats, as well as a formidable military. Ancient Egyptian society included a bureaucracy of elite scribes, religious leaders, and administrators under the control of a pharaoh, who ensured the cooperation and unity of the Egyptian people in the context of an elaborate system of religious beliefs.