The body of water north of Africa would be the Mediterranean sea.
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In ancient China, the government was run by the civil service. The were people who reported in to the emperor. The top civil servants were usually ministers, who were very wealthy and powerful government officials.In order to become a civil servant, one had to pass a test, the Chinese Civil Service exam. The better they did on the test, the higher position they could get in the civil service. The tests were very difficult. There were 9 different levels or ranks of civil service. People could move to a higher rank by passing the next level.
The greeks trade with Egypt. The earlier contact between this two civilizations dates back to the bronze age when the minoans started trading with them. The probe of it can be read in the homeric poems and material evidence containing names of places, culture and art.
The minoan civilization lived in the island of Crete, as they lived on an island their primarily activity was the seafaring. The evidence shows that the egypcian culture held pottery decorated in the minoan style. Like the dolphin vasel found on Lisht. It contains drawings of dolphins with the minoan style but the vasel was built near palestine (I attached an image of the vasel).