Egypt was settled along the Nile river
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Scott Joplin was a very popular and successful Ragtime songwriter in the 1800s. He was known as the "King of Ragtime" and composed 44 Ragtime pieces, as well as two ballets, and a Ragtime ballet. The other three artists were popular musicians in the 1950s and 1960s and did not record in the Ragtime era or style.
The 4th class was required to go to ellis island.